For many years, astronomers have wondered where the Milky Way truly “ends.” Unlike a solid object, our galaxy does not have a ...

An image capturing radio waves emitted from carbon ions in the galaxy. A spiral arm structure is clearly visible extending from both ends of the bright center. [Image provided by ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), ...

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Astronomers identify 20 ancient stars from a lost dwarf galaxy called Loki, revealing new clues about how the Milky Way ...

The telescopes astronomers use to probe the universe have gotten very good over the years. We can peer out into the universe to see uncountable galaxies in fine detail, but we actually know less about ...

What astronomers mean by a “galaxy tornado” When researchers describe a “galaxy tornado,” they are not talking about a single swirling galaxy but a filament, a threadlike bridge of matter that links ...

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest ...

Recent astronomical research indicates that our Earth may be embedded within one of the largest known structures in the observable universe. Scientists have identified a vast ring of galaxies that ...

The XRISM science team, including members of Nagoya University, has explained how galaxy clusters maintain their heat despite emitting X-rays, which typically have a cooling effect on the hot gas. By ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...