Some galaxies meant to be spirals might've been smoothed-out into clumpy ellipticals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you were ...

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that ...

A vast, but previously unknown structure has been discovered around our own Milky Way galaxy by an international team of astronomers. The announcement is being made on behalf of Drs. Annette Ferguson, ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way cannot keep them. When a star exceeds the galaxy’s escape speed, it becomes ...

Loki's traces are harder to find because they're buried near the Milky Way's dense disk.

Astronomers have discovered a wave-like, gaseous structure in the Milky Way galaxy – which has been dubbed Radcliffe Wave, after the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – and is leading researchers ...

Scientists from Argentina’s National University of San Juan say they’ve discovered a “large scale structure” in a largely unseen part of the Milky Way galaxy, according to a new preprint paper ...

According to the study published by the University of Cape Town, the discovery of the Vela Supercluster, named ‘Vela-Banzi,’ serves as a critical node of evidence related to the explanation of ‘cosmic ...

In a mysterious region of the sky known as the "zone of avoidance" veiled by our own galaxy's thick bulge, researchers have found a massive "extragalactic structure" hiding behind the Milky Way. As ...