Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

Astronomy enthusiasts were treated to a glimpse of the Milky Way while gazing from the Dorset coastline, with one lucky ...

Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...

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

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

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com Trump releases classified files on JFK ...

If your answer was "never" or "I don't remember," it might be time to change that. Camp under the night sky and see the Milky Way stretching across the heavens at Milky Way Camp 2025. At this ...

Stargazers are in for a cosmic adventure as a twice-annual star party makes its return to a north Norfolk holiday park. Nestled in the heart of a dark sky discovery site, budding and experienced ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Chinese and United States astronomers have created the first three-dimensional map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way, using data from China's Large Sky Area ...