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The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual pulses.
Astronomers at NASA say an enormous filament near the Milky Way's center appears broken, and they think they know the culprit.
New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more likely.
The billions of stars that make up our galaxy known as the Milky Way should be visible in late May.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of ...
"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas website.
The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (...OK, about 2.5 million light-years beyond) our galaxy, the Milky Way. For the past hundred years or so, scientists thought these galaxies existed in a long ...
Milky Way photos: Instagram-worthy images show our galaxy visible in the sky Perfect for Instagram: Billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, sometimes appear especially vibrant ...
The best chance for seeing the Milky Way this month will come around Memorial Day weekend in Illinois, according to experts -- and there are a few locations you might want to try viewing from.
The Milky Way season is here! Michigan is home to several great locations that offer incredible views of the core of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Here is everything you need to know to see and ...
The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light years.