We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Every single star you can see is part of the Milky Way ... with Saturn slightly to its east. The Milky Way should be visible the other side of Jupiter in the southern sky. However, it’s really ...

delivering a comprehensive view of stellar populations, including previously unobservable areas on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. The study has been posted to the arXiv preprint server as a ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

Seen in polarised light for the first time, the image above is of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—or ... this side-by-side image of the supermassive ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.