The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

A recent NASA report suggests that countless tiny particles could be coming together to create an invisible, foam-like dark ...

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

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

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.

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way completes the merger with the Andromeda Galaxy? Bryan ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...