Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...

If you want to pinpoint your place in the universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate. The ripples are caused by a dwarf galaxy, now seen in the constellation ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

There are likely over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, so this panorama is a deeply detailed sample of the galaxy as seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere.Take a look: The first image below ...

One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s "Great Debate" By Chris Impey. ... too remote to be a part of the Milky Way. ...

A mystery star located at the heart of the Milky Way could very well be from another galaxy, new research shows. The star is known as an S-star, and it is part of a swarm of stars found near ...

This also revealed that, in some cases, carbon can be found up to 400,000 light-years outside its host galaxy — a distance around four times wider than the Milky Way. Sign up for the Live ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...