This new map of the Milky ... Milky Way but infrared light passes through these obstructions. By tracking these objects in ...

In the meantime, Gaia will spend the rest of its days circling our home star, a fitting graveyard given its exploration of more distant objects across the Milky Way. For scientists on the mission ...

Astronomers have had a rare glimpse into the heart of the Milky Way thanks to an errant star expelled from the galactic centre. At the middle of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy ... stars are created when a double-star system ventures too close to a ...

The key settings for capturing the Milky Way include a wide-open aperture of f/2.8 or lower to allow maximum light, a shutter speed of 20 to 25 seconds to capture enough detail without star ...