Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Are you fascinated by planets and stars? Do you love staring into the night sky? Here are some places that guarantee a ...

So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge of our galaxy's size, age, speed and more with the 15 ...

The Milky Way is still being drawn towards the Great Attractor by its gravity as of this writing. and that’ll be the case for a couple more billion years. The Great Attractor’s location in an area of ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located nearly 160,000 light-years from Earth. This relatively "nearby" distance, and its face-on orientation to Earth, make it an ideal ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...