Latest about milky way galaxy
'This is a journey, not a destination': Stunning map of the Milky Way's center exposes new mysteries about our galaxy
A stunning new map of the magnetic fields at the Milky Way's center charts never-before-seen features, and raises new questions about how our galaxy's central engine works.
James Webb telescope discovers dark secret of 'The Brick,' a gas cloud flipping assumptions about how stars are born
Peering deep into 'The Brick,' a dark, chaotic gas cloud at the heart of the Milky Way, the James Webb Space Telescope uncovered secrets that could shake up theories of star formation.
James Webb telescope uncovers mysterious Milky Way 'twin' in the early universe
A Milky Way doppleganger discovered in the early universe suggests some key physical ingredient is missing from cosmological models.
Gargantuan 'Fermi bubbles' are the result of a 100,000-year-long black hole explosion, study suggests
New research suggests that the mysterious Fermi and eROSITA bubbles originated form a single 100,000-year-long explosion 2.6 million years ago
Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.
Astronomers detect a bright-blue bridge of stars, and it's about to blow
Astrophysicists think a newly discovered region of the Milky Way could provide hints about the evolution of our galaxy and its potentially violent past.
A 'lump' of dark matter may be ripping apart Taurus' face
The Hyades — the closest star cluster to our sun — is being stretched by an invisible 'lump,' researchers say.
Stellar Black Hole Is So Massive It Shouldn't Exist
A gigantic black hole 15,000 light-years from our planet is twice as massive as what researchers thought was possible in our own galaxy.
