The Milky Way’s place in the universe just got much bigger: It’s part of a cosmic superstructure beyond our wildest expectations
New data suggests our galaxy may reside in an immense basin of gravitational attraction far larger than Laniākea.
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Stars at Milky Way’s heart might be ‘immortal’, drawing energy from dark matter
Stars near the Milky Way's core may employ an exotic reaction involving dark matter to extended their lifetimes virtually indefinitely.
Stellar clashes around Milky Way’s galactic center and black hole produces rejuvenated ‘zombie’ stars
Some stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way consume one another and it makes them look young again.
First ‘ghost particle’ image of the Milky Way stuns scientists and stargazers alike
A new view of the Milky Way sees through neutrinos.
Astronomers image the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole for the first time
Images from the Event Horizon Telescope prove that the compact radio source at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius ...
Astronomers reveal Milky Way’s birthday, showing our galaxy is much older than thought
The Milky Way isn't exactly a young buck.
The Milky Way collided with a galaxy in the past — and this shaped our galaxy
With the Gaia observatory data, we know a recent merge happened in our galaxy.
Astronomers zoom in on stars around Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
The new observations are 20 times closer and sharper than ever before.
Strange radio waves picked up from center of Milky Way baffle astronomers
The signals don't match any known source. It could be an entirely new cosmic object.
Could this be the oldest galaxy in the universe?
If galaxies were human, GN-z11 would want you to get off its lawn.
Astronomers find ‘fossil galaxy’ buried deep inside the Milky Way
The 10 billion-year-old fossil was named Heracles after the Greek Hero who was made immortal when the Milky Way was ...
‘Lonely’ Rogue Planet Discovered Wandering the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.
A dwarf galaxy may have collided with the Milky Way 3 billion years ago
Shell-like structures in the Milky Way were created when a dwarf galaxy plunged through our galaxy’s heart around 3 billion ...
Comet NEOWISE Comes into Focus for a Close-up
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning close-up image of comet NEOWISE, which recently captured the public’s imagination becoming ...
Rogue Planets Could Outnumber Stars in the Milky Way
We might have to revise the commonly accepted image of planets orbiting a parent star.
The Milky Way’s halo might be thousands of times hotter than the sun’s surface
The halo surrounding the Milky Way may be much hotter than originally thought.
ESO astronomers find the closest black hole to Earth
The stars in the same triple system as the black hole are so close they can be seen with the ...
Runaway star ejected from the centre of the Milky Way at incredible speed
Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black ...
Another study confirms the Milky Way is warped and twisted rather than a flat disc
The Milky Way's shape resembles that of a hat with the brim down in front and up in back.
Einstein’s General Relativity passes the test at the centre of our Galaxy
A brave star and a supermassive black hole confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Astronomers map the Local Void – the huge “nothingness” surrounding the Milky Way
The new study explains why our galaxy doesn't travel with the expansion of the universe.
The Milky Way once devoured a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago
The study might help scientists understand how galaxies evolve.
The Milky Way’s outer disk may actually be warped and twisted
Torque is warping the galaxy's outer disk in an S-shape.
The Earth is smack in the middle of a ‘dark matter hurricane’
And this could prove the perfect opportunity to identify the elusive form of matter.
Supermassive black hole pairs imaged in merging galactic cores
The same should happen six billion years from now when the Milky Way merges with Andromeda.
Astronomers image plasma flares on the bleeding edge of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
These flares should correspond to the point of no return for the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
The Milky Way once had a large sister galaxy — but Andromeda devoured it
Astronomers unravel a gruesome galactic murder... and we might be next!
Two billion years ago, Andromeda ‘ate’ a sister-galaxy of the Milky Way
The findings could topple our current understanding of how galaxies merge.
Scientists just found the first relic galaxy — it’s remained unchanged since the early universe
A breakthrough moment in astronomy.
Researchers map out the age of the Milky Way’s “heart”
Our galaxy still holds many secrets.
Ginormous hydrogen clouds whizz around the Milky Way at phenomenal speeds
Scientists gain new insight into mysterious cloud formations traveling around the galaxy.
The Milky Way might not be your typical spiral galaxy but is it unique?
The Milky Way just got an ego boost.
Researchers find tantalizing evidence of mid-sized black hole in the Milky Way
If confirmed, this could indicate a remarkable progress in modern physics.
Two dwarf-galaxies have left the wilderness to join a galactic party
Drawn by gravity, a dwarf galaxy pair is leaving the void for a more crowded region of the universe.
Scientists uncover unique speed and direction of Milky Way’s spinning ‘halo’
The findings could reveal the location of the missing matter of our universe.
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovers 104 new planets outside of Milky Way
Of these planets, four are believed to potentially be similar to Earth.
Lonely planet is actually part of the largest planetary system in the Milky Way
Astronomers find the parent of an orphan planet. The finding makes the solar system the biggest in the galaxy.
First ‘growth chart’ developed for the Milky Way
The Milky Way has been around for at least 13.7 billion years, but it has its younger and older areas.
Biggest space picture ever: a 46 billion megapixel view of the Milky Way
After five years of painstakingly stitching together pictures of the Milky Way, astronomers from Ruhr University Bochum have finally completed ...
Milky Way Galaxy May be Way Larger Than Previously Thought
It is generally accepted that our galaxy has a diameter of nearly 100,000 light-years. However, findings of a new research, published ...
Our Galaxy Might Be a Huge Wormhole
Based on latest evidence and calculations, our entire galaxy, the Milky Way, might be a a huge wormhole, stable and ...
Astronomers map the Supercluster the Milky Way belongs to
The Laniakea Supercluster shown its equatorial plane. Image: CEA/Saclay, France Our sun is but a tiny speck of light among ...
Astronomers find the sun’s first sibling: a star made of the same stuff
A star like our Sun is shown with an orbiting planet in the foreground in this artist's impression. Image credit: ...
Star surveyor Gaia enters its operational orbit
The European Space Agency's billion-dollar star surveyor 'Gaia' is now in its operational orbit around a gravitationally stable virtual point ...
The Milky Way grows back two spiral arms
There has been a debate over the number of spiral arms the Milky Way galaxies has, due to mixed results ...
Astronomers calculate the distance to the neighboring galaxy
Researchers have, for the first time, calculated the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighboring the Milky Way. ...
The Milky Way’s mass is 1,6 trillion suns, far more than previously estimated
In a novel and highly praised research, a team of astronomers have managed to estimate the mass of our host ...
European Observatory (ESO) assembles 9 gigapixel image with 84 million stars
The European Southern Observatory has captured and analyzed an image of the center of our galaxy which, if printed at ...
The Milky Way is surrounded by a huge, hot halo of gas
Recent measurements conducted by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and observed by other X-ray instruments from around world and in space, suggest that ...
