One other thing the Gaia data has been clarifying is that the Milky Way's disk is not serene and flat, but warped and ...

The vastness of outer space offers "immense opportunity" for "cooperation and scientific discovery," but that also brings ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Predator: Badlands may irk traditionalists, but it's a big swing that just about works. The odd-couple dynamic between Elle ...

Space exploration has always been constrained by one fundamental issue: the need for fuel. Traditional rockets require vast ...

Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...

Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

A distant black hole has been caught releasing the brightest flare ever, which is the result of it ripping apart and ...