Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Astronomers have found a huge cosmic structure called Quipu. It spans 1.3 billion light-years, making it 13,000 times bigger ...

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

Astronomers discover Quipu, a colossal cosmic structure spanning 1.3 billion light-years, which could reshape our ...

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

This is a photo capturing the unique rock pillars known as 'Pinnacles' in the Nambung National Park in Western Australia, ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...