Research shows that galaxies form inside gigantic haloes of dark matter, the elusive substance that doesn't interact with ...

Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...

The name for our galaxy comes from the ancient Greek words for ‘milk’ or ‘milky’. They could only see it as a bright band of ...

Studies conducted a few decades ago first discovered the presence of a gaseous sphere extending to 7 lakh light years ...

For years, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form and evolve. But new research ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the intense heat and persistence of the fiery hot gas surrounding the Milky Way.

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise ...

Hubble captures the aftermath of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s dramatic encounter with the Milky Way, revealing the loss of ...

"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...

The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...