Because it appears as a rotating disc curving out from a dense central region, the Milky Way is known as a spiral galaxy. Our ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy colliding in the next 10 billion years. The study used observations from the ...

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

Our planet itself is located 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 ...

The Milky Way was on a collision course with a neighboring galaxy. Not anymore. NASA scientists had forecast an impending crash in four billion years, sending the sun flying ...

Our planet itself is located 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 ...

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.

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.

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.