the researchers have mapped stellar kinematics across the Milky Way. For the first time, they have revealed the intricate motion of stars in the bar region without being hindered by uncertainties ...

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and ...

The Milky Way galaxy has a large halo, a central bulge and bar, a thick disk and a thin disk. Most stars are located in the so-called thin disk of our Milky Way and follow an organized rotation ...

youthful stars that have been observed zipping around the Milky Way's center at hypervelocities, the new study suggests. Moreover, because young stars are often accompanied by planets, this ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

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

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

Milky Way bars have been a mainstay in trick-or-treat ... The stellar treat saw great success in its first year — according to the Minnesota Star Tribune, it brought in $800,000.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...