In this visualization of stars observed by ESA's Gaia mission, the "frequency of the rotating and pulsating stars was ...

Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 87 stellar streams associated with globular clusters (GCs) in our Milky ...

For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.

The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the ...

A new and unexpected dynamic phenomenon, a colossal-scale wave, is stirring the outer regions of our galactic home, the Milky Way. This discovery, made possible thanks to the unprecedented precision ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An edge-on visual of the Milky Way, based on data from the European Space Agency's Gaia ...

Countless stars in the Milky Way are being raised and lowered by a gigantic wave. This was discovered using data from the Gaia space telescope. A gigantic wave is traveling through the Milky Way, ...

Estrela anã branca LSPM J0207+3331 é observada consumindo fragmentos de um antigo planeta a 145 anos-luz da Terra ...

Spanish researchers have traced the path of comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar traveler that may hold clues to the origins of ...