The Milky Way is at least 100,000 light-years across, but the new results suggest that the galaxy's star formation takes ...

Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is almost up. It’s set to leave the solar system soon, after zipping ...

In 2016, researchers discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies in the constellation of Vela that had been hiding in ...

The Milky Way may not have a sharp edge, but scientists have now found where its star-forming activity largely comes to an ...

Astronomers have discovered the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk, revealing that most new stars form within 40,000 ...

Throughout the many adventures of Star Trek, it's extremely rare that the Enterprise (or any other ship) leaves the Milky Way ...

Scientists have captured the most complete, high-resolution map of the cold gas at the center of the Milky Way, which contains the raw material from which stars and planets are made. Information from ...

How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at ...

"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the US is generally from March to September.