On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are. Andromeda is ...

A sonification of the Milky Way galaxy's core has been turned into sheet music. Find out how it was done. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Jubett ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to anchor our galaxy, explaining both the blistering speeds of stars near the ...

Researchers have modeled a concentration of fermionic dark matter that could explain the Milky Way’s central gravity without ...

Long-held assumptions about what lies at the center of the Milky Way could be incorrect, as new international research ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

According to their model, this dark matter would naturally form a two-part structure: an extremely dense central core ...

There is a lot we have yet to understand about the center of the Milky Way—could it be due to a mass of invisible dark matter?

For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as some of the clearest evidence ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is displaying exceptionally messy eating habits.

They slip through your skin, your walls, and the whole Earth without leaving a mark. Neutrinos earn the nickname “ghost ...