Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

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

The Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the universe The Milky Way is just one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe, and it’s far from being one of the biggest. 100 galaxies ...

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.

New study finds that the Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with neighboring galaxy Andromeda ...

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. Top right: At 500,000 ...

Don't miss this captivating celestial event! This June 2025 offers a rare celestial opportunity to witness the Milky Way’s brilliant core, the dense heart of our galaxy.

Andromeda is tidally stretched out following its first close pass by the Milky Way, which is also warped. Illustration by NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger ...

Some stargazers may even catch glimpses of the Milk Way Core, with Nasa saying: "The bright central bulge of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is visible all night in June, continuing through August.

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy “A head-on collision is very unlikely, we found a less than 2% chance for that,” Sawala said.

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...