Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small ...

Scientists found a fast-scattering star cluster called Ophion. Unlike usual clusters, it shows chaotic motion and breaks ...

We have seen many star families with Gaia. We've spotted strings of stars stretching out across the Milky Way and remaining intact for billions of years, mapped the ancient star streams that wound ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family of stars all strangely eager to leave home -- a family we couldn't have discovered without the star-surveying spacecraft, and one ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia telescope has provided data to further scientists' understanding of the Milky Way galaxy, such as the ability to create this face-on model, and the stars within it.

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...

Overlaid as yellow dots are the locations of over 1000 young stars; these stars make up the newly discovered Ophion family in the Milky Way. The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has spotted ...

Astronomers have spotted a zombie star, SGR 0501+4516, speeding through the Milky Way. This magnetar has an incredibly strong magnetic field. Its orig ...