A team of astrophysicists from Nanjing University and University of Bonn have demonstrated that, rather than being random, ...

The older stars migrated out from the galactic center, leaving the younger ones inside.

In a stunning new image that marks the 36th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have captured a ...

The Milky Way may not have a sharp edge, but scientists have now found where its star-forming activity largely comes to an ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at ...

Starting from the upper left and moving clockwise from large to small scales: upper left —"spiral-like" system; upper right — "bar-like" structure; lower right — rotating infalling envelope; lower ...

The formation of stars is intricately linked to the complex structure and dynamics of molecular clouds—vast, cold, and dense regions in the interstellar medium that primarily consist of molecular ...

A blazing supermassive black hole can influence far more than its own galaxy. Scientists found that quasars emit radiation strong enough to shut down star formation in nearby galaxies millions of ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the object, gathering clues on whether it grew larger over time like ...

How far the Milky Way's disc extends has long been difficult to define — it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of ...