Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

NASA's newest space telescope, on a mission to study origins of universe, snapped incredible images of the cosmos 2 months ...

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Scientists discovered one other curiosity between the relics: a faint glow at the center of the cluster. This could be a ...

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way. Using NASA’s ...

Astronomers Puzzled to Find an Odd Radio Signal Coming From a Fracture in the Milky Way’s ‘Cosmic Snake’ The Milky Way galaxy ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

The birth of new stars is arguably the one of the most enchanting sights in the entire cosmos Check out these 7 captivating ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...