Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

Astronomers have discovered the remains of nearly two dozen exploding stars in the Milky Way, thanks to detailed radio observations that could unveil many more such events in the Galaxy. A star in ...

— The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought Claro took the shot using a modified Canon 6D, with a fixed prime lens of 300mm f/2.8 set to f/3.5.

The Milky Way's dusty heart glows eerily in a new high-resolution image from Portugal. Photographer Miguel Claro captured a wide, deep-sky view of the Milky Way at the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve ...

The Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is no stranger to the vast cosmic forces that shape the universe. Yet, an exciting discovery has unveiled an even more dramatic future: the Milky ...

As predicted by general relativity, the rapid spin of our galaxy's 4.1-million-solar-mass black hole is able to warp the fabric of spacetime.

The Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is one of several galaxies, including the Milky Way, that comprise what is known as the Local Group. Astronomers have long ...

For over a decade, researchers have suggested a high possibility of our Milky Way galaxy smashing into neighboring galaxy Andromeda around 5 billion years from now. The collision would merge the ...

Astronomers spent 50 hours using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope in Chile to map out the ...

NEW YORK – Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.. Nearly every large galaxy has a ...

The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy may already be colliding after it was discovered that galaxies may have gas halos far larger that astronomers thought.