A new machine-learning analysis has reopened the debate over a mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way. By ...

Fireworks may not be the only light show this July Fourth weekend. Here's how you can see the Milky Way this month across the ...

New observations show that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way does not consume nearby dust objects as ...

Scientists have taken a fresh look at the Milky Way's mysterious gamma-ray glow using machine learning and uncovered evidence ...

As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several very different evolutionary events. Bursts of star ...

Since 2018, astrophotographer Dan Zafra has organized and curated Capture the Atlas’ Milky Way Photographer of the Year, a competition that recognizes 25 gorgeous snapshots of the remarkable spiral ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has ...

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a telltale U-shaped pattern showing that star formation drops sharply around ...