The Milky Way galaxy glows alongside the zodiacal light over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.

Hidden within the Milky Way’s dust lanes, scientists have found a colossal cloud brimming with turbulent gas and potential star birth sites. This mysterious Midpoint cloud could hold clues to how our ...

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ever seen in the universe.

A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as it tracks a course to collide with neighboring galaxies, a University of Queensland survey has found. The paper is published in the Monthly ...

By analyzing the data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers from the University of Chicago, Illinois and elsewhere, have identified a new ultra-metal-poor star. The newfound star, designated GDR3 ...

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when ...

Sauk Rapids, Sauk Centre have finalists compete for Princess Kay of the Milky Way Two 19-year-olds representing Stearns & Benton counties are among 10 finalists when the new royalty representing ...