Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a ...

Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.

A galaxy remarkably similar in shape to our own Milky Way, yet significantly bigger and dating back to the universe's infancy, has been observed by astronomers. This cosmic relic, dubbed J0107a, ...

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant barred spiral galaxy, similar to the Milky Way, that has been observed to date. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

New simulations suggest dark matter could explain the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s center. The findings show that the galaxy’s early mergers may have shaped dark matter in a way that ...

The most-studied galaxy in the universe – the Milky Way – might not be as “typical” as previously thought, according to a new study. The Milky Way, which is home to Earth and its solar system, is host ...

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112, observed in the early universe. The Earth is reflected on an illusive bubble surrounding the galaxy, recalling the connection between ...