Every year, the Capture the Atlas Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest brings together some of the most striking night ...

An international team has pioneered a "motion-picture" method for measuring the precession rate of the Milky Way's disk warp. Using a sample of Cepheid variable stars of different ages, this method ...

Astronomers have finally identified where the Milky Way’s star-making activity fades, uncovering a long-sought boundary in ...

On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are. Andromeda is even heading your way at about 100 kilometers per second. Now astronomers at ...

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a ...

Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from Germany, France and Sweden show that most of the (dark) matter beyond the Local ...

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way and its Local Group of galaxies lie within a vast, thin sheet of dark matter ...

This discovery of ancient stars provides insights into the chaotic evolution of the early Milky Way.

"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.