Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...

Beijing: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of ...

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Charles Messier also produced a catalog of over 100 prominent ... at Mount Wilson Observatory in Southern ...

SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission Tuesday evening. A ...

The infrared observatory has captured a nonstop ... because of the dense dust clouds that surround the center of the Milky Way. However, JWST’s infrared capabilities allow it to peer through ...

The telescope will capture a three-dimensional map of the universe, collecting data on more than 450 million galaxies and over 100 million stars ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, is scheduled to lift off on Tuesday, March 4 at 10:09 p.m. ET.