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Building blocks of life detected in ice outside the Milky Way for first time everNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around a star outside our galaxy. This cosmic first hints that the stuff of life may be widespread throughout space.
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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universeWhile scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.
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Mysterious glow at the Milky Way's center could reshape a major cosmic theoryA mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an explanation that could also reshape what we know about dark matter.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hintsThe interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy, new research into its trajectory hints.
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A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of placeA giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it.
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Stars live longer, stranger lives after nearly being swallowed by a black holeA new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.
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Mysterious cosmic explosion can't be explained, scientists sayResearchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no satisfying explanation for the mysterious cosmic explosion, but it may be linked to elusive intermediate-mass black holes.
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A rare 'black moon' rises this weekend: What is it, and what can you see?Saturday's new moon is a seasonal "black moon" — a rare phenomenon that occurs once every 33 months. Here's what that means and why it's a great night for stargazing.
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This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed'Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.
