In a breakthrough study that redefines how we view the heart of our galaxy, astronomers have captured the first-ever direct ...

Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust may have recorded meteorite and comet impacts as our planet traveled through the spiral arms ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ...

You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous 'Summer Triangle' asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...