Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Encounters on the Milky Way” was screened at the cineplex hall of Bangladesh National Museum on February 7.   By swiss ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the largest structure in the universe to date. Named "Quipu" after the ancient Incan method of record-keeping, this colossal superstructure ...

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...