Named for the pioneering astrophysicist Vera C. Rubin, whose work confirmed the existence of dark matter, the Vera C. Rubin ...

"It's possible we will see the new data and confirm one theory over the other — or maybe we'll find nothing, in which case it ...

For decades, astronomers have been vying to identify a source for a mysterious gamma-ray excess at the center of the Milky ...

They're important to scientists because they're the chemical precursors to the molecules that build life, such as amino acids ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the ...

Do the building blocks of life exist beyond the Milky Way, and can we identify them? This is what a recent study published in ...