Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides ...

Michael Steven Harris earned People's Choice at the British Photography Awards for this stacked, long-exposure image ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

It wasn't until the early 1900s that we really started to piece together the true nature of our galaxy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...