Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known star clusters in our ...

A spiral galaxy roughly 10 million light-years from Earth is offering astronomers a rare glimpse into the forces that shape ...

Can you still see the Milky Way from your city? An analysis of 50 Indian cities reveals that only six have skies dark enough ...

Scientists suspect a black hole lurks at the center of most galaxies. The Milky Way’s black hole is called Sagittarius A*. (A* is scientist-code for “A-star.”) Its gravity, or attractive force, is so ...

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

The new data released by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the surprise phenomena of ‘starquakes’—massive ...

Preview data from the recently completed NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile point to a wave of discoveries that may ...

Find out where to catch the Milky Way's appearance in the night sky as it becomes more visible with the 2025 summer approaching. The sky holds endless cosmic treasures to admire all year round, but ...

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You’ve almost certainly seen photos of the Milky Way, usually taken by photographers who travel way out into the middle of nowhere to get them. They’re cosmically beautiful, colorful and timeless. Now ...

We are not alone—at least as a galaxy. About 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way. But when its intense gravity inevitably draws them to venture too close, they will probably be annihilated. It’s ...