First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the ...

Researchers have successfully performed the world's first Milky Way simulation that accurately represents more than 100 ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

So it’s confession time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk (like ...

The galaxy, known as Y1, existed just 800 million years after the Big Bang and is forming stars 180 times faster than the ...

Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

"Even though it's the first time we've seen a galaxy like this, we think that there could be many more out there." ...

What does the Milky Way look like? Sometimes, the billions of stars comprising our home galaxy appear especially vibrant during “Milky Way season” as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...

The discovery highlights intense, hidden starbursts that shaped early galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

The study suggests that similar star factories may have been widespread in the early universe, although many may still be ...