The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at ...

Data from Europe's Gaia spacecraft have revealed that a cluster of 1,000 stars is breaking up much faster than is normal, ...

Stars are born in families before dispersing, but we have never seen one that has broken up anything like this fast.

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is far from what we’d expect for a family so big," said Dylan Huson of Western ...

Gaia-4b is the most massive planet known to orbit a low-mass star. Also, see an animation for Gaia-5b, a brown dwarf orbiting ...

Stars in the Milky Way tend to form in families, with similar stars springing to life in roughly the same place at roughly ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

In its quest to chart the evolution of the universe, ESA’s space telescope has already amassed a massive catalog of galaxies ...

Explore how interferometry is revolutionizing space-based telescopes, enabling ultra-high resolution imaging for studying ...

Astronomers have spotted a zombie star, SGR 0501+4516, speeding through the Milky Way. This magnetar has an incredibly strong ...

Astronomers have tracked a rare type of neutron star, known as a magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, moving across the Milky Way at over 110,000 mph. The object is considered a “zombie star” due to its ...

A rogue magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, is crossing our galaxy without a clear trace of its birth, according to a study ...