The center of the Milky Way is super bright because it’s packed with a lot of stars and a supermassive black hole. That black ...

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

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

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

Indian researchers have unearthed a massive galaxy from the universe's infancy, challenging existing theories on early galaxy ...

“Observing the Galaxy is like standing in the middle of a brightly lit city at night. If you look toward the outskirts, the ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...

Star chemistry reveals two spiral arms and a faint bridge in the Milky Way, offering a clearer view of hidden structure in ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

In an advance that could mark a turning point in the understanding of the universe, a research team from the University of Tokyo has identified a gamma-ray emission in the direction of the center of ...

A scientist analyzing Fermi telescope data found a strange glow around the Milky Way that looks like it could be coming from ...