The data will supercharge the study of our galaxy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency will release new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. The news conference is expected to begin at ...

A new satellite galaxy discovered orbiting the Milky Way is either an incredibly ancient, soon-to-fragment clump of stars or the most dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy ever found. A new polarized ...

Greetings everyone! We’ve lost three of the five visible planets to the sun’s glare with only Jupiter remaining in the ...

Spring stargazers might be disappointed to find a major feature missing from the night sky: the core of the Milky Way. The Milky Way, the spiral-shaped galaxy we call home, is technically always ...

Can you see the Milky Way galaxy from Earth? Yes! And as stargazers and skywatchers know, it’s a stunning sight to see. Comprised of billions of stars, the Milky Way galaxy got its name because from ...