Learn how a newly detected gamma-ray halo in the Milky Way could mark the first direct glimpse of dark matter.

The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

The Milky Way has just been reconstructed in unprecedented detail, with artificial intelligence helping astronomers track the ...

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

For decades, scientists have only inferred dark matter’s existence through its gravitational pull on galaxies, but may now ...

Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

A mysterious region near the center of the Milky Way has captured the attention of astronomers. Known as Sagittarius C, this strange place holds thousands of newborn stars, huge clouds of gas, and ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

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 ...

Greetings everyone! We’ve lost three of the five visible planets to the sun’s glare with only Jupiter remaining in the ...