It may sound like science fiction, but imagining a battle between a gas giant and a black hole helps us understand just how ...

A new analysis of the EHT reveals that Sagittarius A*, the central black hole of the Milky Way, is spinning rapidly and ...

In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope has revealed the nature, history, and behaviour of ...

The impending merger of the two galaxies hints at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and ...

And water, along with carbon monoxide, also has been detected in the most massive galaxy in the early universe which is located nearly 12.88 billion light years from Earth. Detection of these two ...

Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar ...

From Aug. 17-21, a spectacular “planet parade” (also called an alignment) features the moon and six planets. Here’s when and ...

Ursa Major III/Unions 1 (UMa3/U1), the faintest known satellite of our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more ...

A near-infrared view of the stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: ESO / S. Gillessen et al. Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have ...

The Milky Way is not just a band of stars in the night sky,it is our home in the vast cosmos, full of untold secrets and unimaginable wonders. Join us as we explore the hidden aspects of our ...

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy companions.

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