Would it be surprising to find a rocky planet that dates back to the very early Universe? It should be.…
Spiral galaxies are one of the most commonly known types of galaxy. Most people think of them as large round…
Combining data from two of the largest databases in the world, an international team of astronomers was able to doubledthe…
Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.
Ten billion years ago the young Milky Way survived a titanic merger with a neighboring galaxy, eventually consuming the whole…
Some of the oldest stars in our galaxy have orbits similar to the Sun, and we don't know why
Like other spiral galaxies, the Milky Way has a bulging sphere of stars in its center. It's called "The Bulge,"…
A team of researchers has discovered a complex network of filamentary structures in the Milky Way. The structures are made…
In 2005 astronomers found a dense grouping of stars in the Virgo constellation. It looked like a star cluster, except…
The heart of the Milky Way can be a mysterious place. A gigantic black hole resides there, and it's surrounded…