Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us understand how many Earth-like planets there are, too.

Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, such as explosive supernovae or ridiculously ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Telescope to detect complex carbon molecules frozen around a young star, ST6, beyond our ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Complex organic molecules, including methanol and ethanol, have been detected outside the Milky Way, using the James Webb ...

New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...