Microquasars in our Milky Way galaxy have emerged as the most extreme particle engines, accelerating cosmic rays to ...

The Milky Way has just been reconstructed in unprecedented detail, with artificial intelligence helping astronomers track the ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible to stargazers in the southern hemisphere, including Tennessee, this month and throughout August. No special equipment is needed to view the galaxy, just a dark sky ...

A new study puts Ursa Major III, a ghostly satellite of our Milky Way, under the microscope. A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...