Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy…
Stars are formed within large clouds of gas and dust known as stellar nurseries. While star formation was once seen…
The world's largest airborne telescope, SOFIA, has peered into the core of the Milky Way and captured a crisp image…
Using data from the GALACICNUCLEUS survey, a team of astronomers has determined that star formation occurred in massive bursts in…
There's a lot of mysterious goings-on at the center of the Milky Way. The supermassive black hole that resides there…
The Milky Way galaxy has its own magnetic field. It's extremely weak compared to Earth's; thousands of times weaker, in…
Using data collected by Kepler's K2 observation campaign, an international team of scientists was able to more accurately predict the…
Photographer Eric Brummel has created a stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way. Time-lapses of the Milky Way are not rare,…
Even though the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a monster, it's still rather quiet. Called…
In the very early days of our Universe, just over 13 billion years ago, there was very little structure. There…