A long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, ...

In a groundbreaking achievement in computational astrophysics, scientists have developed the first-ever simulation of the ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.

The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen from ESO’s ...

Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. The star-formation region that is ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists captured the first-ever close-up picture of a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy, ushering in a new era of cosmic study. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

The Milky Way galaxy, comprised of billions of stars, will be visible in the night sky until the end of May, particularly between the last quarter moon (May 20) and the new moon (May 30). Light ...