The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

Billions of stars fill our galaxy that become visible at certain times of year. And in the U.S., that time, known as "Milky ...

"Milky Way season" is here, and dark sky areas in Michigan offer prime visibility of our galaxy.

Astronomers suspect the heart of the Milky Way may be hiding a big secret: a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic, neutron star-powered pulsar.

Astronomers have dived into the turbulent and chaotic heart of the Milky Way, discovering hidden chemistry around our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured views of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud with its NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Ginsburg ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope spent more than a decade mapping the Milky Way, collecting over 3 trillion ...

Astronomers wonder why there aren't more stars.

Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.

Astronomers have successfully mapped the cold gas at the Milky Way's center, offering unprecedented insight into our solar system's origins.

Using the Chile-based ALMA telescope, the researchers examined the dynamics and chemistry of a central region.