Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way's "inevitable" collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

A startling discovery reveals ancient debris from a distant galaxy is enveloping the Milky Way. This cosmic phenomenon raises ...

Researchers from the South Pole Telescope project team looked deep into the center of the Milky Way, discovering powerful, ...

Using JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument, the scientists honed in on stars, all between one and eight times the mass of the sun, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The dark matter distribution of a Milky Way mass halo in a Lambda-cold dark matter (LCDM) ...

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 ...

Ursa Major III, previously classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy due to its high mass, is proposed to be a compact star cluster located 32,600 light-years from the Milky Way. The research team ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

A new low-frequency radio image captures the Milky Way in unprecedented detail across multiple wavelengths, revealing its structure from the Southern Hemisphere. This spectacular new image captures ...