Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from ...

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

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

Earth—our tiny blue dot in the galaxy—is approximately 26,000 light years away from a fascinating and active region of the Milky Way called the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). This region holds ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

The computer model also makes use of new mass estimates for other galaxies within the Local Group—a galactic group that hosts the Milky Way and Andromeda, among others.

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity. “We likely won’t live to see the benefit," lead author Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki said in ...

What is the Milky Way? The Milky Way is our galaxy, a massive system made of stars, gas and dust. It is estimated to contain more than 100 billion stars and is about 100,000 light-years across.