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

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever assembled. This spectacular new image ...

Astronomers have spotted a vast wave rolling through the outer disk of our galaxy. It stretches over tens of thousands of light-years and appears to ripple away from the center, like circles spreading ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

The source of our Milky Way galaxy’s strange wobble has finally been revealed after the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope revealed an enormous wave rippling out from the galactic center.

The Cigar Galaxy forms stars at a blistering rate, giving rise to colossal super clusters. Hubble’s rare high-resolution data captures this galactic spectacle with unprecedented clarity. Credit: ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky. Spectators will have the best luck on cloud-free nights and in locations away from ...

August continues to be a great month to check out the skies. This month offers one of the best opportunities to see the Milky Way. The center of our galaxy is teeming with billions of stars that ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky. Spectators will have the best luck on cloud-free nights and in locations away from ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op. Milky Way season, when the galaxy's bright ...

Are you wondering if you can see the Milky Way in Texas? There's still time. Here's what you need to know to see this phenomenon. The Milky Way is a vast spiral galaxy, composed of stars, dust, and ...