"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

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

People will be able to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way galaxy this weekend The Milky Way will be viewable with the naked eye, but telescopes always help The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc ...

Astronomers have identified a compact, superheated galaxy in the early universe that is churning out new suns at roughly 180 ...

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

The true scale of the Milky Way Galaxy — and, indeed, the universe as a whole — became dramatically clearer in the 1920s. That’s when a new generation of large telescopes coupled with photography ...

A mysterious, high-energy glow from gamma-rays in the Milky Way's center is reigniting the debate: dark matter or a hidden ...

First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

The Milky Way's satellite galaxies are less typical than previously thought. Most Milky Way-like galaxies have star-forming satellite galaxies, unlike our own. The Milky Way's unique satellite galaxy ...

Looking for an alternative to fireworks? Stargazers can catch a cosmic light show this Independence Day when the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The center of our home galaxy, which is composed of ...

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," ...