Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

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

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

So it’s confession time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk (like ...

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

A mysterious, high-energy glow from gamma-rays in the Milky Way's center is reigniting the debate: dark matter or a hidden ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

These young, hot blue stars are members of the Pleiades open star cluster and resides about 430 light-years away in the ...

New data gleaned from the TESS and Gaia star-tracking spacecrafts, astronomers have revealed that this iconic group is part ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star cluster have more stellar siblings than we thought  — ...