Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

Astronomers have discovered one of the most chemically primitive stars ever identified — an ancient stellar relic that preserves the chemical imprint ...

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's oldest stars have estimated that the Universe is about 13.6 billion years old.

Imagine trying to reconstruct the history of a city by studying only its oldest surviving buildings. You can't watch it being built, you can't interview the architects, all you have are the structures ...

From your place inside the Milky Way, you are living within a galaxy that keeps a detailed chemical diary. Every star holds clues about when it formed and what the galaxy was like at the time. Over ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way cannot keep them. When a star exceeds the galaxy’s escape speed, it becomes ...