The superbubble is gigantic, measuring around 210 by 140 light-years across.

Data from ESA's Gaia mission has been used to create an 3D animated view of the Milky Way galaxy's stellar nurseries. CREDIT ...

Astronomers have discovered a second interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way that is extraordinarily rich in ...

A star called S301 passes Sagittarius A* at 8% of light speed, near enough that the black hole's spin should bend its orbit.

The star passes very close to the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole and could reveal the black hole’s spin by tracking how ...

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A fascinating discovery has emerged from astronomers: evidence of a galaxy merger that occurred within our Milky Way. This merger, which transpired around 12 billion years ago, involved a dwarf galaxy ...

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Most of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy sit neatly on a flat plane. But the space around our galaxy is much more chaotic.

Look up at the night sky and you’ll see stars—but what you see is only a small glimpse of something much bigger.Our solar system is part of the Milky Way, a va ...

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 ...