One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be preparing to explode.Author ...

Dr Digant Amte and Dr Anagha Amte were awarded the prestigious Dr K V Desikan Memorial Award 2026 for their transformative ...

The Milky Way is not the serene, flat disc that textbook illustrations suggest. Astronomers have confirmed that the outer edges of our galaxy’s disc are warped and that this deformation rotates slowly ...

Scientists report a possible pulsar at the Milky Way’s center, discovered through radio observations by the Breakthrough Listen team using the Green Bank Telescope, offering a new laboratory for ...

Scientists suspect that a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic neutron star, or "pulsar," dwells at the heart of the Milky Way.

James Webb Space Telescope detects a candidate jellyfish galaxy 5 billion years after the Big Bang, providing insights into ram-pressure stripping and early galaxy evolution.

With some of the world’s clearest skies, the Elqui Valley on the edge of the Atacama Desert offers an unparalleled lens into ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

As the name suggests, milky French tips are a blend of two major 2026 manicure trends: the clean and long-beloved painted ends that gives a crisp, tidy finish to the ends of your nails, and a ...

The Milky Way owes its iconic name not to modern astrophysics but to an Ancient Greek myth involving Zeus, Hera, and a splash of divine milk.

A Suffolk hamlet with some of the best night skies in the world has been officially designated as an International Dark Sky ...

What if the Milky Way’s central “black hole” isn’t a black hole at all? A new model proposes that an ultra-dense dark matter core could mimic its gravitational pull.