Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system 's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

And the further out from the Milky Way's center, the higher the percentage of stars that have migrated outward, he added. The sun is now believed to be in a fairly stable orbit around our galaxy.

So, that gravity pulls on the Earth and holds us in orbit. But our sun isn’t the only star. It’s one of many, many stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Scientists think there could be as many as 400 ...

Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Fastest Known Planetary System May Have Been Pushed by Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from ... such as free-floating planets that don't orbit a star, or brown dwarfs, which are stars ...

The revelation means that Gliese 229B is a "first-of-its-kind" tight brown dwarf binary, increasing the hope other such exotic systems dwell in the Milky Way just waiting to be discovered.

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, offering a glimpse into our ...

Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

Just the other planets in the solar system orbit the sun—with the Earth traveling at 67,000 miles per hour—the sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy. However, the sun travels at about ...

Related: New view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way hints at an exciting hidden feature (image) "No telescope can capture an astronomical image perfectly," Makoto Miyoshi of ...