On the outskirts of the Milky Way, one of the rarest kinds of stars in the galaxy has just become even more mysterious than ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by ...

A team of scientists has confirmed the existence of a solitary black hole drifting through the Milky Way, unaccompanied by ...

"This could potentially change our understanding of the history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic ...

Scientists made the claim after analysing the data collected by the European Space Agency's recently retired Gaia spacecraft.

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...