The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

In the absolute omnishambles of the Milky Way galactic center, we've just found a new kind of turbulent structure.

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.