The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

Using the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, an international team of astronomers has observed ...

Earth is not only orbiting the Sun it is also traveling through the Milky Way on an enormous galactic journey. In this video ...

Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's oldest stars have estimated that the Universe is about 13.6 billion years old.

A night stargazing in Michigan's great outdoors this spring promises prime views of our galaxy once you get away from city lights. "Milky Way season," is underway, kicking off the time of year when ...

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic ...

The research makes use of data coming from telescopes deep in the Milky Way.

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments near the central black hole. Stretching across 650 light-years, the survey ...