Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

The Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are currently hurtling through space toward each other at a speed of about 250,000 miles per hour (400,000 kph), setting up a possible future ...

In orbit around the Milky Way are a number of dwarf galaxies, including the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and the Triangulum galaxy (M33) — the latter half the size of our Milky Way and the ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Rubin’s completion converged with technological advancements that are poised to spread the data it produces far and wide to ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

In half of them, the Milky Way and Andromeda have a close encounter, losing enough orbital energy to eventually collide. But in most cases, that takes place in the next 8 to 10 billion years.

Giant Molecular Cloud Discovered in Milky Way Galaxy Baffles Experts A massive discovery from the Milky Way Galaxy can ...

A new study challenges predictions our home galaxy the Milky Way will crash into the Andromeda galaxy in 5 billion years. ... or roughly twice the size of the Milky Way.