A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...
New research suggests a massive black hole is the primary force preventing Segue 1's small complement of stars from drifting ...
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around ...
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: Andromeda XXXV, the smallest and faintest galaxy ever observed. Located ...
A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...
Ursa Major III, the faintest object in our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more than 30,000 light years. Until now, it was considered a dwarf galaxy, thought to consist mainly of dark ...
A new study puts Ursa Major III, a ghostly satellite of our Milky Way, under the microscope. A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a ...
Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 87 stellar streams associated with globular clusters (GCs) in our Milky ...
Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.
The NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, made the initial discovery of the comet on July 1 and ...