New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

An illustration that shows the Milky Way's spiral arms. If you were to spring from Earth so high you could glance down at the entire Milky Way, our home galaxy would look like a spinning pinwheel. In ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on one of the most ambitious space projects in history, unveiling ...

New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal ...

The dual disk structure of our home galaxy may not be as unique as once thought, according to the results of a new study that probed the cross section of a spiral galaxy orbiting edge-on from the ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will map the Milky Way using infrared observations, studying star formation, stellar evolution, star clusters, and hidden galactic structures over a two-year survey.

A team of scientists recently discovered an unbelievably massive gas filament extending throughout the Milky Way galaxy that’s so big it’s almost hard to believe no one spotted it before now. The ...

In a mysterious region of the sky known as the "zone of avoidance" veiled by our own galaxy's thick bulge, researchers have found a massive "extragalactic structure" hiding behind the Milky Way. As ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

The telescope's dome is complete and protective panels are now being installed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Construction of ...