Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

Step outside on a clear night, trace the hazy stripe of the Milky Way and enjoy the comfortable illusion that you more or ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under ...

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that, surprisingly, is shaped much like our Milky Way – a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars and gas ...