Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

High atop the arid plateaus of Chile's Atacama Desert, one of humanity's most powerful astronomical instruments peers into ...

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of ...