Milky Way News

Astronomers are preparing to use the new Roman Space Telescope to search the Milky Way galaxy for potentially habitable alien moons, similar to the fictional Pa

Astronomers have discovered evidence of the Milky Way's earliest act of galactic cannibalism, finding a "scar" at its heart left by a dwarf galaxy devoured appr

Astronomers have found evidence of a galaxy merger involving a dwarf galaxy named LKH that occurred within the Milky Way approximately 12 billion years ago. Thi

Astronomers have discovered S301, the fastest known star in the Milky Way, which orbits the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at speeds up to 15,500 miles

Scientists have discovered a new star with an extremely eccentric orbit that brings it closer to the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, than a

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy, LKH, merging with the young Milky Way about 12 billion years ago. This discove

A newly identified star has been observed moving at an exceptionally high speed under the influence of the Milky Way's central black hole.

Astronomers have discovered S301, the fastest known star in the Milky Way, which orbits the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at 25,000km per second. Its e

The Milky Way galaxy is described as a "cannibal" for having absorbed an entire galaxy.

Scientists have found evidence that the Milky Way galaxy absorbed a smaller galaxy approximately 11.8 billion years ago, based on observations of star clusters

The Milky Way galaxy is believed to have absorbed a smaller galaxy approximately 11.8 billion years ago.

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed evidence of a significant collision between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy named LKH 11.8 billion years ago, predating

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy, named LKH, merging with the young Milky Way galaxy approximately 11.8 billion

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water and cosmic dust surprisingly close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, around an aging

An airborne camera carried by a giant balloon has collected new data on high-energy particles emanating from the center of the Milky Way, offering a fresh persp

Deep imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope of the ultra-diffuse galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1 has revealed the first extragalactic globular cluster stellar stream beyon

The Milky Way galaxy will be visible to the naked eye across Arabian skies this August, offering a unique stargazing opportunity.

Scientists have discovered a mysterious object in the Milky Way that is emitting particles 100 times more powerful than those produced by the Large Hadron Colli

New research by PhD student Louisa Mason suggests that the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has surveyed significantly more stars in the Milky Wa

New supercomputer models suggest the Milky Way's spiral disk may have flipped 90 degrees in the past, potentially altering the solar system's orbit. This phenom

Scientists are puzzled by a strange planetary system discovered in the Milky Way.

Astronomers report that the Milky Way galaxy has flipped on its side, a finding that could resolve a long-standing mystery about our cosmic neighborhood.

Researchers from Durham University have found evidence suggesting the Milky Way galaxy was flipped on its side about 10 billion years ago due to a direct collis

A photograph by Petr Horálek shows a laser guide star beaming from the Gemini South Observatory in Chile into the Milky Way, illustrating how telescopes use the