New ALMA observations reveal a complex network of gas filaments in the Milky Way’s central 650 light-years, enabling detailed studies of star formation in extreme galactic conditions.

SEATTLE, Wash. — David Fisher, an astronomy graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, is making important contributions to the future understanding of galaxy evolution by studying the ...

Last year, Virgin Galactic seemed to finally be hitting a stride toward making commercial suborbital spaceflight. The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six ...

One of the Australian National University professor’s most significant discoveries was the preponderance of “dark matter” in galaxies, demonstrating we can see only about 5 per cent of what is there.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle glides back to Spaceport America after its Galactic 01 suborbital flight June 29. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust Updated 4:40 p.m. Eastern with ...