The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more ...

Elena Tomasetti of the University of Bologna discusses her team's calculation of the estimated age of the universe in an exclusive interview with Starlust.

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

An international team of astronomers has captured the central region of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

For billions of years before reaching its current location, the Sun may have slowly travelled as part of a large group, or “wave,” of stars drifting out from the inner parts of the Milky Way. This ...

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an ...

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

In fashion “The problem with our industry now is that it convinces you that you have to remove all your rough edges to succeed, then copy what other acts do,” says Polly Mackay, the cre ...

There’s a dot on the map in West Texas that shouldn’t make sense, but somehow it makes perfect sense once you get there. Marfa, Texas is what happens when art, desert, mystery, and pure Texas ...

Nestled at the base of the Cascade Mountains about 20 miles northwest of Bend, this little town of roughly 2,000 people punches way above its weight class when it comes to outdoor recreation, ...

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge ...