A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way may actually be the first evidence for an elusive "dark" phenomenon, new ...

Astronomers have long searched for ways to detectdark matter, the elusive substance believed to make up most of the ...

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for ...

From the death of the sun to a sudden asteroid impact, there are a number of terrifying ways the world could end. Now, scientists have revealed just how likely one of those doomsday scenarios really ...

Using supercomputer simulations, a team of researchers investigated a mysterious source of gamma light coming from the Milky ...

An artist's concept depicts the Milky Way galaxy and its spiral shape. Our solar system is located in one of the spiral arms. - NASA/JPL-Caltech A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its ...

New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

The chance that our Milky Way Galaxy will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy may not be as certain as previously thought, according to researchers, who say that a new simulation has found a 50% chance ...

For decades, astronomers have said of our Milky Way galaxy is headed for an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, Andromeda, in approximately 4.5 billion years. This collision, ...

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