On Monday, May 12, skywatchers across the globe will witness May’s full moon, traditionally known as the Flower Moon. But ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...

High-velocity clouds are thought to be material that is being pulled into another galaxy, in this case the Milky Way, and many are thought to be made of material left over from another galaxy that ...

The lone black hole without a companion star is located 5,000 light-years away. A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole that has no star orbiting it in the Milky Way ...

Following the recent pink moon event, there are eight more full moons to look out for this year ... A total lunar eclipse will be most visible from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, parts of eastern ...

of the University of Western Australia in Crawley. “There’s no convincing evidence.” Since the early 2000s, a handful of candidate dark galaxies have been discovered around the Milky Way.

First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky ... way, these strange signals from the heart of the galaxy remind us that the universe is still full ...

The study is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Large spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are expected to take several billion years to form. During the first billion years of cosmic history ...

If you didn't catch this month's full "Pink Moon," just wait until May. May brings the "Flower Moon," named for the wildflowers the burst into bloom in the North America this time of year.

The full moon has been a source of fascination, from precipitating werewolf transformations to controlling the tides. Across the globe, it has been an important part of cultural and spiritual ...