A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Due to the audio medium of radio, we tend to associate radio waves with sound, but they are a type of light. Just like we can ...

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

A mysterious glow has been detected in the Milky Way, challenging our understanding of cosmic emissions and hinting at the ...

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

Simulations of magnetic turbulence in the Milky Way enhance understanding of galactic magnetic fields and their influence on ...

Can you see the Milky Way galaxy from Earth? Yes! And as stargazers and skywatchers know, it’s a stunning sight to see. Comprised of billions of stars, the Milky Way galaxy got its name because from ...

(CNN) — A box-shaped cloud of opaque dust that lies at the center of our galaxy has long perplexed scientists, and observations that reveal a new detail about its composition are deepening the mystery ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have used the Gaia space telescope to spy some of the first building blocks of the Milky Way galaxy: two ancient streams of stars named Shakti and Shiva that helped our home galaxy ...

(CNN) — What appears to be a ghostly hand reaching across the universe toward a defenseless spiral galaxy in a new telescope image is a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers. The ...

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