Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding ...

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...

The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies that scientists believed was inevitable has a much lower probability than previously thought. The Associated Press reported Monday that ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...

Scientists have discovered a perfectly spherical object named Teleios in the Milky Way, emitting only radio signals. This mysterious structure, found using Australia’s ASKAP telescope, defies ...

These companion galaxies exert gravitational tugs that change the motions of their hosts. M33 nudges Andromeda slightly toward the Milky Way, increasing the chance of a merger.

Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new study complicates the story.