The Milky Way galaxy's bright center is most visible in the United States from March to September. No special equipment is ...

The collision played a vital role in shaping the modern look of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have uncovered a strange magnetic “flip” hidden inside the Milky Way. Using a new radio telescope, researchers ...

Capture the Atlas reveals its 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection, featuring 25 stunning astrophotography ...

The gorgeous astrophotographs highlight the dazzling night sky and remind viewers what we risk losing to light pollution ...

A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

A near-infrared view of the stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: ESO / S. Gillessen et al. Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have collided ...

Somewhere between us and the Sagittarius Arm, the Milky Way’s magnetic field quietly switches direction. A team of radio astronomers has now mapped that switch for the first time: a diagonal reversal ...

A recent paper reveals we're almost certainly going to collide with a galaxy in the next couple billion years, but it's not the one we thought. Reading time 2 minutes For over a decade, researchers ...

Photographers search for dark skies in the most remote landscapes to find places where the galaxy shines with extraordinary clarity ...