Using deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, they observed a galaxy bearing a striking resemblance to our ...

What's the size of the Milky Way galaxy? Learn how, depending on your definition, the size can change.

What does the Milky Way look like? Sometimes, the billions of stars comprising our home galaxy appear especially vibrant during “Milky Way season” as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

A globular cluster near the heart of the Milky Way is gradually dissolving, according to a new study published on arXiv, ...

From a window on the International Space Station, astronauts have captured a rare view of a nearby galaxy caught in the act ...

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that a looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen, after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two ...