Using telescopes that study the sky in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum, astronomers have successfully mapped the structure…
Astronomers from Caltech used a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from another galaxy to probe the distribution of matter in the…
Studying the large-scale structure of our galaxy isn’t easy. We don’t have a clear view of the Milky Way's shape…
Globular clusters are densely-packed collections of stars bound together gravitationally in roughly-shaped spheres. They contain hundreds of thousands of stars.…
Combining data from the APOGEE survey and the Gaia Observatory with sophisticated models, a team of scientists has found a…
A recent study looked at stellar streams hidden in Gaia’s data, to uncover a torturous past.
Are there civilizations somewhere else in the Universe? Somewhere else in the Milky Way? That's one of our overarching questions,…
The Sun isn't the only star in this galactic neighbourhood. Other stars also call this neighbourhood home. But what's the…
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is over 200,000 light-years away, yet it's still one of our galaxy's closest neighbours in…
The GRAVITY collaboration just released the clearest images ever of the stars that orbit the supermassive black hole in the…