Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.

The Milky Way's youngest known supernova remnant is a radio source called G1.9+0.3. The remnant, which lies 27,700 light-years away, is only about 140 years old.

The most recent nearby supernova, SN 1987A, was in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Milky Way’s youngest known supernova is called G1.9+0.3.

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. The celestial object is emitting X-rays around the same time it's shooting out radio waves.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

The LMC supernova wreckage MC SNR J0519–6902 as seen by the ATCA (Image credit: Alsaberi et al/arXiv 2025) Cosmic vampire blows its top. White dwarfs are the stellar corpses that are created ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; in fact, it could hinge on the flip of a cosmic coin.

Milky Way will be visible in May, over Memorial Day weekend, across US: When to see our galaxy Billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant till ...

The Milky Way is our galaxy, a massive system made of stars, gas and dust. It is estimated to contain more than 100 billion stars and is about 100,000 light-years across.

The Milky Way was on a collision course with a neighboring galaxy. Not anymore. NASA scientists had forecast an impending crash in four billion years, sending the sun flying. Julia Musto.