For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

Astronomers have identified a vast population of potential protoplanetary disks within the turbulent central molecular zone ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is known for being able to see deep into space, providing scientists (and us) with some of the ...

The assailant, seen right at the point of the break, could be a fast-spinning neutron star, known as a pulsar. Scientists ...

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fracture" was likely caused ...

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

If this supernova is lopsided, the neutron star can be booted unceremoniously across the galaxy at high speeds, something ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory recently captured an X-ray image that helped identify a dramatic break in one of the galaxy's ...

Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the ...

The "bone" is actually a galactic center filament, and it's about 230 light-years long. Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ...