Chinese astronomers have found a pair of young star clusters formed within a circumgalactic high-velocity cloud on the ...

Sometimes in astronomy, a simple question has a difficult answer. One such question is this: what is the mass of our galaxy? On Earth, we usually determine the mass of an object by placing it on a ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an unexpectedly complex and dynamic filamentary network within a very-high-velocity cloud (VHVC) in the Milky Way. Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

The HI 21 cm data show that G165's WNM is not calm or featureless, as once assumed based on observations in the denser Galactic plane. Instead, it's supersonic and highly structured A team of ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...