The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, revealed itself to an international team of scientists when it was observed emitting pulses.

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Because it appears as a rotating disc curving out from a dense central region, the Milky Way is ...

Our planet sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA. The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that includes more ...

The center of our home galaxy, which is composed of billions of stars, is expected to be bright and vibrant throughout the month ahead, including July Fourth weekend. Astronomers say this is ...