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

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a fleeting, spectral flash from the Milky Way’s central black hole, a signal that ...

All motion is relative. That simple fact makes tracking the motion of distant objects outside our galaxy particularly ...

First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the universe seems to be expanding faster than expected, throwing a wrench into ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and ...

The Milky Way could be coming to a sky near you. The billions of stars comprising our home galaxy should appear especially vibrant in late-May as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...