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…
The European Space Agency launched the Gaia mission in 2013. The mission's overall goal was to discover the history of…
Massive galaxies like our Milky Way gain mass by absorbing smaller galaxies. The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic…
An Ancient Voyage Earth is on a journey… While our planet orbits the Sun each year - a billion kilometers…
The center of our very own galaxy might be one of the Universe's most mysterious places. Astronomers have to probe…
Over the years, scientific estimates of potential intelligent life in our galaxy have ranged widely. Some estimates say just one…