Learn how many stars there are in the Milky Way, and how astronomers count them.

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also ...

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

A stronomers have found more evidence that there is a massive ripple traveling through the Milky Way. They have found ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they finally think they have an answer.

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

In a recent study, scientists found that there could be a minimum of 36 intelligent civilizations operating in our galaxy.

You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.