The Milky Way is home to hundreds of billions of stars arranged in a glorious spiral pattern. But beyond the obvious spiral, ...

The gas orbiting Sagittarius A (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is rich in metals ...

Sweet home, Chicago — literally. Chicago has been considered the candy capital of the world for a good chunk of its history.

Watch this amazing animation. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, ...

Sylvan Buckley, from Saltcoats, got a panoramic shot of the galaxy over Loch Long and mountain Arrochar in the Loch Lomond ...

You've probably heard Star Trek characters throw around terms like "Gamma Quadrant" or "Beta Quadrant." Here's what to know ...

Near the centre of the Milky Way, a swarm of stars hurtles around a supermassive black hole at extraordinary speeds. Studying them could be the key to understanding our galaxy ...

Arp 220 is one of the brightest infrared galaxies in the nearby universe, with intense star formation fueled by a collision ...

Radio telescopes beneath the Milky Way. Astronomers have discovered a mysterious radio source in our galaxy that has been changing for decades. (000ne/E+/Getty Images) Many things scattered throughout ...

Credit: The EAGLE project/Durham University Galaxy simulations suggest the Milky Way offers some of the universe’s best ...

A method for photographing the Milky Way using the OM SYSTEM Micro Four Thirds camera "OM-5" is gaining attention on the ...

The Milky Way’s central black hole could lose mass by powering escaping particles, and new calculations suggest how ...