New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

Will the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in several billion years? The odds have changed with a new study using ...

A peculiar cluster of stars swirling around the violent center of the Milky Way could become "immortal" by continuously capturing and destroying dark matter particles in their cores, a new study ...

New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal ...

Star chemistry reveals two spiral arms and a faint bridge in the Milky Way, offering a clearer view of hidden structure in ...

Looking for an alternative to fireworks? Stargazers can catch a cosmic light show this Independence Day when the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The center of our home galaxy, which is composed of ...

Stars at the edge of our home galaxy appear to be moving more slowly than expected, scientists have revealed. Based on the speed of the stars near the center of the Milky Way, astronomers assumed that ...

Cambridge, MA– Life near the center of our galaxy never had a chance. Every 20 million years on average, gas pours into the galactic center and slams together, creating millions of new stars. The more ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

Time is running out to see the iconic band of stars that comprise the center of the Milky Way. Our galaxy is positively teeming with billions of billions of stars that routinely become bright and ...

The center of the Milky Way galaxy is currently a quiet place where a supermassive black hole slumbers, only occasionally slurping small sips of hydrogen gas. But it wasn’t always this way. A new ...