Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are.

For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as some of the clearest evidence for a supermassive black hole.

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

People will be able to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way galaxy this weekend The Milky Way will be viewable with the naked eye, but telescopes always help The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc ...

The center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...

Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...

The Milky Way owes its iconic name not to modern astrophysics but to an Ancient Greek myth involving Zeus, Hera, and a splash of divine milk.

Looking for an alternative to fireworks? Stargazers can catch a cosmic light show this Independence Day when the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The center of our home galaxy, which is composed of ...