Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of…
The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may not be as voracious as the gas-gobbling…
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed. HVSs…
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers have turned…
The ESA has announced that Gaia's primary mission is coming to an end. The spacecraft's fuel is running low, and…
Some binary stars are unusual. They contain a main sequence star like our Sun, while the other is a "dead"…
About half a century ago, astronomers theorized that the Solar System is situated in a low-density hot gas environment. This…
For the past ten years, Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) has…
Despite decades of large-scale optical surveys, there are still mysteries about the Milky Way galaxy that astronomers are eager to…
Black holes often appear in science fiction movies, largely because elements of their existence are still a mystery. They have…