New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several very different evolutionary events. Bursts of star ...

So it’s confession time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk (like in this column or this one). But it’s not really flat—not even for a ...

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars. But that’s just the visible light. Observing the sky in ...

This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey. (See our AI policy here.) A ribbon of red splotches interspersed with blue dots marks the largest, most detailed image of the ...

Astronomers have created a new colorized radio view of the Milky Way's galactic plane. Credit: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Astronomers in Australia have created the largest and ...

Johns Hopkins researchers may have identified a compelling clue in the ongoing hunt to prove the existence of dark matter. A mysterious diffuse glow of gamma rays near the center of the Milky Way has ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

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The Milky Way is a spectacular sight in the summer skies but why does it look so much more brilliant than it does in the winter? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky. Spectators will have the best luck on cloud-free nights and in locations away from ...

August continues to be a great month to check out the skies. This month offers one of the best opportunities to see the Milky Way. The center of our galaxy is teeming with billions of stars that ...