In the ongoing quest to understand dark matter, researchers are now wondering if a strange phenomenon occurring at the heart ...

Strange events at the heart of the Milky Way could point toward a new dark suspect that annihilates to influence the ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of our galaxy at around 500 kilometres per second, giving astronomers ...

A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found ...

The nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy of our own Milky Way, harbors a heretofore unconfirmed supermassive black ...

Today's photo of the day, “Milky Way and Haleakala,” comes to us via Todd Kozan. Send your best photos from Maui County to ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased ...

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

There are millions of galaxies in the universe, and while astronomers have cataloged many, some remain relatively unknown to ...