Two colliding galaxies have been found to be reorganizing their dwarf satellites, potentially solving a major conundrum ...

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, ...

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is the latest in a series of stunning cosmic phenomena that should be visible in August ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs ...

Astronomers have believed that the fate of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy were tied together for over a century. Years ago, astronomers discovered that the Andromeda galaxy was steadily ...

But the only way to get to a new prediction about the eventual fate of the Milky Way will be with even better data.” DOI: Nature Astronomy, 2025. 10.1038/s41550-025-02563-1 (About DOIs).

The SMC remains one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. This proximity allowed the research team to identify and track approximately 7,000 massive stars within the galaxy.

With summer approaching, the Milky Way becomes easier to see, but spotting it won't be as simple as looking up at the sky. In addition to planning for the right time, catching a view of the galaxy ...

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 ...

When is the best time to see the Milky Way in Texas? Here's a list of the best times and places to see our galaxy.