Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Vera C. Rubin ...

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

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While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity. "We likely won't live to see the benefit," lead author Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki said in an ...

New study finds that the Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with neighboring galaxy Andromeda ...

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.

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.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...