Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...
Iceland took to social media to share the news that Milky Way Crispy Rolls will arrive for just one week from Saturday, February 4 alongside two new additions ...
Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times ...
With a minimum of 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, that means there are at least 25 billion places where life could conceivably take hold in our galaxy alone—and our galaxy is one among ...