"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the ...

The Milky Way could be coming to a sky near you. The billions of stars comprising our home galaxy should appear especially vibrant in late-May as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...

What does the Milky Way look like? Sometimes, the billions of stars comprising our home galaxy appear especially vibrant during “Milky Way season” as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...

A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by a monster black hole that's been lurking unseen in the galaxy next door. This appears to be the closest supermassive black ...

People will be able to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way galaxy this weekend The Milky Way will be viewable with the naked eye, but telescopes always help The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of... That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black ...

An artists impression of a black hole flinging a hypervelocity star out of the Large Magellanic Cloud. (CfA/Melissa Weiss) A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by ...