Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise questions about whether the Milky Way is truly representative of other ...

"The new model approach provides extensive maps of the Milky Way's overall chemical composition, corroborating the ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of the "stuff" in the universe — about 85%, in fact. That means everything we ...

The total mass of the Milky Way is estimated to be only two hundred billion times that of the sun (2.06 x 10 11 solar masses), marking a significant downward revision—approximately four to five ...

The answer is: a radio telescope that can track hydrogen in the Milky Way as well as the velocities of hydrogen clouds via their Doppler shifts, according to a paper by [Jack Phelps] titled ...

Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for ... and the team’s model offer more clarity ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Summer is the best time of year for seeing the Milky Way from the northern hemisphere—and parts of August are the very best.

Our solar system resides in a galaxy called the Milky Way, stuffed with between 100 billion and 400 billion other stars, many of them with planets of their own. The Milky Way got its name from the ...