At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive ...

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling ...

New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising ...

Star S0-2 is the fastest known ballistic object in the galaxy. It orbits Sagittarius ... However, S0-2 doesn't keep that speed all the time, and on average is now in second place between J0927 ...

The Centauri system shows that the average distance between stars across the galaxy doesn't paint a full picture of star distribution, which also changes over time. "If you take a closer look and ...

Galaxy 9422's stars appear to be burning at 140,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is much higher than the average temperature of stars in the universe today, which ranges between 70,000 to 90,000 ...

“In addition, if you measure their average brightness, it is the same from star to star. This combination is fantastic for studying the structure of the galaxy.” The sky is full of stars, some ...

This story has a happy ending, though: Now we do know—the galaxy is filled with ... looking at so many stars, they found that the average number of planets per star in their sample is about ...

“In addition, if you measure their average brightness, it is the same from star to star. This combination is fantastic for studying the structure of the galaxy.” The sky is full of ...