Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

Until now, thin and thick disks have only been identified in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies. It has been impossible with previous telescopes to distinguish the thin edge of a distant galaxy when ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Named for the pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin, whose work on galaxy rotation helped prove the existence of dark matter, the ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

Giant molecular cloud (GMC) encompassing the mass of 160,000 suns, reportedly graces the Milky Way Galaxy 23,000 light years ...