At the core of the galaxy, about 26,000 light-years away in space, is Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole about 4 ...

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

The Solar System, home to Earth and countless other fascinating planets and moons, exists within the Milky Way galaxy. But ...

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how ...

An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using ...

Researchers may have found our galaxy's missing companions, further bolstering science's most widely accepted cosmological ...

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

You’ll have to wait until the sky is quite dark to begin our Milky Way Summer Road Trip, which means staying up or getting up at round 1 am. Then, facing the northeast, you’ll see a thumbnail ...

Columnist Justice B. Hill remembers the magic of starry nights from his youth and mourns how light and air pollution have ...

The Milky Way is readily visible without the use of a telescope or high-powered binoculars. But if you have them, magnification devices will let you get a closer look at various points of interest.

GOBBLE GOBBLE The young Milky Way, shown in an artist’s impression, swallowed a smaller galaxy about 10 billion years ago.The smaller galaxy’s stars are shown with yellow arrows depicting ...