A new mapping of our galaxy has just revealed cosmic landscapes never seen before—a Milky Way with supernatural colors that ...

New research suggests that dark matter may be the key to uncovering the mysteries of the Milky Way. The scientific team led ...

A new radio portrait of the Milky Way blends big-picture and high-detail surveys, exposing star nurseries, supernova debris, ...

A new study puts Ursa Major III, a ghostly satellite of our Milky Way, under the microscope. A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they finally think they have an answer. Reading time 3 minutes Every large galaxy ...

Researchers spotted a colossal cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way, filled with turbulent motion, newborn star seeds, and even a natural microwave laser. This newly found Midpoint cloud appears to ...

NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...

Stretching across 8 light-years, the rare stellar eruption is about twice the distance between our sun and the next nearest stars. The stellar jet is in the nebula Sharpless 2-284, which contains a ...