Milky way
The Milky Way is a huge collection of several hundred billion stars, dust, and gas. It is a spiral galaxy that is about 13.6 billion years old. The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System. The Solar System is located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years from the galaxy’s center. The galaxy is rotating, and it takes us about 240 million years to complete one circle around its middle.
Detailed observations yet of ancient stars in the heart of the Milky Way
PIGS find ancient stars in the heart of the Milky Way.
Scientists captured the first ghost particle image of the Milky Way
Elusive neutrinos reveal a portrait of our galaxy unlike any before.
Uncovering the source of merging black holes in galaxies like the one we live in
Shedding light on the enigmatic nature of these celestial "beasts".
Galactic bubbles are more complex than imagined
Fresh look at old data reveals novel details about galactic formation.
Astronomers solved the mystery of runway supermassive black hole
A team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias (IAC) have conducted research that suggests a recently discovered very thin structure of...
Largest two-dimensional map of the sky ever created
Over One Billion Galaxies Blaze Bright in Colossal Map of the Sky
Astronomers uncovered footprints of galactic immigration in Andromeda galaxy
Striking new evidence of a large galactic immigration event in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Striking new evidence for a mass migration of stars into the Andromeda Galaxy
A team of researchers led by astronomers at NSF’s NOIRLab has uncovered striking new evidence for a mass migration of stars into the Andromeda...
Milky Way is too big for its “cosmological wall”
Milky Way was found to be more unique than previously thought.
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way
NSF’s NOIRLab releases colossal astronomical data tapestry displaying the majesty of our Milky Way in unprecedented detail
Scientists successfully mapped the magnetic field of our Galaxy
A new microwave map of the Milky Way and beyond.
NASA’s Webb discovers star formation in dusty ribbons of a cluster
Now, NGC 346 is less mysterious with new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.