Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.

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A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy ...

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GalaxyCon will be back in Richmond at the Greater Richmond Convention Center for four action-packed days, March 19-22.

The Sun, along with more than 1,500 other stars, journeyed from the middle of the Milky Way to its current position a few billion years ago.

Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely comes from the Milky Way's disc, as astronomers ...

Scientists are scrambling to explain why interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is carrying life's chemical building blocks at ...