The Galaxy is a collection of stars, planets, gas clouds and to the dismay of astronomers, dust clouds. The dust…
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, named in honor of noted physicist Enrico Fermi, has been in operation for almost a…
A pair of new studies set to be published in The Astronomical Journal examine new discoveries in the field of…
A team from the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has revealed a new picture of the Milky Way's morphology.
A new study suggests that we could expand the scope of SETI research by looking for civilizations beyond our galaxy.
All the stars we can see with the naked eye are part of the Milky Way. The gravitational power of…
Astronomers know that galaxies grow over time through mergers with other galaxies. We can see it happening in our galaxy.…
Humanity is in a back-and-forth relationship with nature. First, we thought we were at the center of everything, with the…
Using China's FAST radio telescope, a team of Chinese researchers observed previously-unmapped regions of the Milky Way and made some…
A new study by a team of Polish astronomers has revealed details about the shape of the Milky Way's center…