The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

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In a groundbreaking achievement in computational astrophysics, scientists have developed the first-ever simulation of the ...

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

James Webb Space Telescope observes mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, revealing flare evolution, synchrotron cooling, and magnetic field measurements.

(CN) — For years, astronomers have believed the Milky Way was on a collision course with our largest galactic neighbor Andromeda — a cosmic event expected to unfold in about 5 billion years. However, ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from ESA's Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these ...

Andromeda is the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way – and it's getting closer. In fact, astronomers believe that the two galaxies are destined to crash into each other. But a new study suggests ...

Our solar system’s Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale. We reside between two major spiral arms of our home galaxy, in a structure called the Local Arm. New research using the ultra-sharp radio ...

Dark matter, which makes up about 85% of the universe's matter, remains invisible to modern instruments. However, a new ...

A 2022 image of our galaxy's central black hole taken with the Event Horizon Telescope could have some important inaccuracies, a new study claims. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and ...