The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

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Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

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It used to be said that you could test your eyesight by counting the number of stars visible to the unaided eye. The best nights to try this are around January 19 when the Moon is new ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy 160,000 light-years away, is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbours.

NASA has released a new composite image of two spiral galaxies, NGC 2207 and IC 2163, as they begin a multi-billion-year ...

In about 4.5 billion years, the Milky Way will begin merging with the Andromeda galaxy. This video explains what that ...

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On record 2025 as one of the most amazing years in contemporary astronomy, providing findings that would turn our collective ...

A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...