The Milky Way was once a textbook example of how a spiral galaxy should form and evolve. Now a wave of new observations and ...

A survey of 700,000 stars at the Milky Way's center suggests an outburst of star-forming activity 1 billion years ago. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

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A new telescope image showcases two entangled galaxies that will eventually merge into one millions of years from now — and previews the eventual, similar fate of our own Milky Way galaxy.The Gemini ...

An ambitious new survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane has revealed 3.32 billion cosmic objects in stunning detail. The enormous celestial catalog, possibly the largest of its type, was built using ...

Astrophysicists have recently discovered something that has left them completely baffled. Something is causing massive bullet ...

Astronomers have identified RR Lyrae stars extending up to 1 million light-years from the Milky Way's core, significantly expanding the observed boundary of its outer halo. These RR Lyrae stars ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not collide. Collision probability depends on the inclusion of nearby galaxies in calculations. Current measurements of galaxy masses have significant ...