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

This upcoming Lubbock yarn store will offer classes, supplies, and an inclusive home for crafters. Here's when, where, and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to reshape our understanding of the universe by providing unprecedented views ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Learn about the new research that changes the estimates of the Milky Way’s demise.

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

But the only way to get to a new prediction about the eventual fate of the Milky Way will be with even better data.” DOI: Nature Astronomy, 2025. 10.1038/s41550-025-02563-1 ( About DOIs ).

The universe might not meet its end for another quinvigintillion years, but our galaxy's fate teeters on a far less certain line.New research shows that there's a 50% chance that the Milky Way and ...

In orbit around the Milky Way are a number of dwarf galaxies, including the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and the Triangulum galaxy (M33) — the latter half the size of our Milky Way and the ...

It's a fun fact pulled out at parties by every space nerd on the block — our Milky Way galaxy is going to crash into our nearest neighbour (the Andromeda galaxy) in 5 billion years.

For over a decade, researchers have suggested a high possibility of our Milky Way galaxy smashing into neighboring galaxy Andromeda around 5 billion years from now. The collision would merge the ...