Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

New mapping of the Milky Way has uncovered a vast family tree of stellar siblings, revealing that hundreds of star clusters ...

Researchers have successfully performed the world's first Milky Way simulation that accurately represents more than 100 ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

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

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, ...

A long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, ...

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Researchers in Japan say they have used AI to produce the first Milky Way simulation that follows more than 100 billion ...

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

A successful breakthrough has been created by an international research team led by Japan’s Riken, and it is the most ...