It's hard to imagine that someday, the Milky Way galaxy will cease to exist. Looking up at the stars, it feels as though ...

"Very little is known about what causes the formation of magnetars," researcher Kritti Sharma said. "Our work helps to answer this question." ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The ...

"There are hundreds of billions of alien worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. And scientists have already discovered and confirmed ...

There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the Sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system 's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

What is the origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and what can this teach us about the galaxies where they reside? This is what ...

Over the past few years, scientists have become obsessed with UFOs as NASA investigates the origins and technology behind the phenomenon.

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

The European Southern Observatory captured a Halloween-themed image of the Dark Wolf Nebula, a hauntingly dense cloud of ...