The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a fleeting, spectral flash from the Milky Way’s central black hole, a signal that ...

The Milky Way has just been reconstructed in unprecedented detail, with artificial intelligence helping astronomers track the ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.

A successful breakthrough has been created by an international research team led by Japan’s Riken, and it is the most ...

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

A mysterious region near the center of the Milky Way has captured the attention of astronomers. Known as Sagittarius C, this strange place holds thousands of newborn stars, huge clouds of gas, and ...

Ever stared straight at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy? Give it a try this coming week. With dark skies and no moon, the time is right. Notice I didn't say into the heart. No human eyes can ...

Researchers have successfully performed the world's first Milky Way simulation that accurately represents more than 100 ...

If you've never gotten a good luck at the Milky Way galaxy, you'll have that opportunity on Fourth of July weekend. "The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," ...