Gaia mapped billions of stars and revealed hidden connections in the Milky Way, reshaping how we understand our galaxy.

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Alexis Hoefs of New Prague is representing Le Sueur County as one of 10 Dairy Princess finalists in the Princess Kay of the ...

Malorie Thorson, the newly crowned 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way, has embraced a unique tradition at the Minnesota State ...

Malorie Thorson braved a chilled booth as sculptor Gerry Kulzer carved her likeness from a 41-kilogram block of butter, a ...

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 ...

Scientists think the strange orbits of stars near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, might be due to a past collision.

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy companions.

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers.

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite galaxies—up to 100 more than we currently know. These elusive "orphan&quot ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, according to new research.

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery of dark matter.