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Newly discovered solar twin unveils `future of sun`

Astronomers have found the farthest known solar twin in the Milky Way Galaxy-CoRoT Sol 1, which has ...

Milky Way`s black hole `cooking` hot gas

Using ESA`s Herschel space observatory , astronomers have made detailed observations of surprisingly...

Distant galaxy making stars 2000 times faster than Milky Way

Astronomers using Europe`s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered an extremely distant galaxy ma...

100 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy?

Scientists have proposed a new method for finding Earth-like planets in our Milky Way galaxy and the...

How spiral galaxies get their arms

How spiral galaxies like our Milky Way get and maintain their characteristic arms has proved to be a...

Outcast black holes live on the edge of our galaxy

As many as 2000 black holes kicked away from their homes are now living on the outskirts of our Milk...

Milky Way image reveals over one billion stars

More than a billion stars in our galaxy can be seen together in detail for the first time in an imag...

NASA`s Hubble Telescope finds birth certificate of oldest known star

Astronomers has taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that`s bee...

Distance to nearest neighbouring galaxy calculated

Astronomers have improved the measurement of the distance to our nearest neighboring galaxy and, in ...

Milky Way grew by `cannibalising` other smaller galaxies

Astronomers using NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered tantalising evidence for the possible...

Milky Way grew by `cannibalizing` other smaller galaxies

These stars support the idea that the Milky Way grew, in part, through the accretion of smaller gala...

Big news about Dark Matter `coming very soon`

Scientists have revealed that big news in the search for dark matter may be coming in about two week...

Rare explosion created galaxy`s youngest black hole

A highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way ...

Superfast stars racing through Milky Way found

Astronomers have discovered six speedy stars, rocketing through space at up to 3.2 million kilometre...

Dung beetles use Milky Way for directions

Dung beetle - an insect with a tiny brain and minimal computing power - has become the first animal ...

`Bone` of Milky Way identified

Astronomers have identified a new structure in the Milky Way - a long tendril of dust and gas that t...

Giant ring of gas and dust spotted around Milky Way`s black hole

Researchers have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surroun...

Milky Way may host 17 billion Earth-size planets

At least 17 billion Earth-size planets may inhabit the Milky Way galaxy, RIA Novosti reported citing...

Astronomers map galactic space geysers

A team of astronomers have claimed that they have helped map "monster outflows" of energy which are ...

Stellar patrons of Milky Way bar identified

Astronomers now have the clearest understanding yet of the bar at the centre of the Milky Way.

Our solar system resembles other planetary systems in Milky Way

Results of a new research has altered the chronology of our solar system’s historical development.

Galaxy near Milky Way stealing stars from neighbour

Astronomers have accused the Large Magellanic Cloud – one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way –...

Milky Way`s 84 million stars catalogued

An international team of astronomers has created a nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars...

Black hole set to devour cloud of dust, gas

A black hole in the centre of our galaxy is getting ready to devour much of an approaching cloud of ...

2 stars orbit our galaxy`s supermassive black hole

UCLA astronomers have discovered a remarkable star that orbits the enormous black hole at the center...

Twin black holes discovered in ancient star cluster

Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery of two black holes inside an ancient cluster of stars ...

Now, artificial intelligence algorithm to chart universe

Astronomers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to help them chart and ex...

NASA captures pictures of dusty spiral galaxy

An outstanding image of a nearby galaxy has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Enormous halo of hot gas envelops Milky Way

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found evidence that our Milky Way Galaxy is...

Star close to Earth that resists ageing discovered

Scientists have claimed that a member of a nearby cluster of stars in the Milky Way may hold the sec...

Artificial universe created with supercomputer

Harvard’s Odyssey supercomputer allowed simulations that compressed nearly 14 billion years into onl...

Two galaxy systems similar to Milky Way found!

Scientists have found the first group of galaxies that is just like ours, a rare sight in the local ...

Nobel laureate predicts a dark universe!

Nobel laureate Brian P. Schmidt believes that the universe would eventually fade away.

`Supermom` galaxy giving birth to multiple stars found

Scientists have discovered a cosmic `supermom` galaxy that gives birth to about 740 new stars a year...

Gamma rays from the center of Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter

Gamma-ray photons seen emanating from the center of the Milky Way galaxy could support the theory th...

Hubble discovers ten billion-year old stellar dance

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a delightful view of the crowded stellar encampment...

Earliest spiral galaxy ever seen discovered

Astronomers have for the first time observed a spiral galaxy in the early universe, billions of year...

Hubble solves mystery of ghost galaxies

For many years, astronomers have been trying to find out why some puny, extremely faint dwarf galaxi...

Our galaxy still ringing like bell after being hit 100m yrs ago

Our Milky Way had an encounter with a small galaxy or massive dark matter structure perhaps 100 mill...

Milky Way’s neighbor galaxies may have brushed closely in distant past

Recent studies have indicated that two of our Milky Way’s neighbor galaxies may have had a close enc...

Fewer brown dwarf stars found `around us than predicted`

NASA`s WISE has recently discovered a new crowd of stars close to our Milky Way galaxy: the coldest ...

`Milky Way destined for collision with Andromeda galaxy`

NASA astronomers have predicted a titanic collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighbourin...

Stars’ age measured to uncover Milky Way’s history

A new discovery of stars’ age may help understand how our Milky Way galaxy built itself up over bill...

`Gigantic gamma-rays blasted from Milky Way’s core`

New evidence of ghostly gamma-ray beams suggests that the Milky Way’s central black hole was much mo...

Universe may be teeming with nomad planets

A recent study proposed that the galaxy is packed with nomad planets adrift in space.

Billions of life bearing planets float in the milky way

A few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing earth-sized planets may exist in the space...

VISTA captures image of vast ball of stars

About 160 globular clusters have been spotted encircling our galaxy, the Milky Way, mostly toward it...

Life bearing planets may be in millions

Researchers say a few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing Earth-sized planets may ex...

Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star

Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ...

Rogue stars ejected from Milky Way found in intergalactic space

Researchers have identified a group of more than 675 stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way that th...

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