Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

From Gaia’s map, more than 13,000 peer-reviewed studies have already emerged, and many have concerned the fundamental structure and deep history of the Milky Way.

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

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Chinese researchers examining European data find freshly formed stars rotate much faster than their predecessors.

Learn about the new research that changes the estimates of the Milky Way’s demise.

They explored how the Milky Way, Andromeda, and their significant satellite galaxies, like M33 and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), interact gravitationally. Possible future MW-M31 orbits.

While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity. "We likely won't live to see the benefit," lead author Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki said in an ...

The Gaia mission just revealed something incredible – hidden galaxies lurking inside the Milky Way. In this video, we explore how this groundbreaking discovery was made, what it means for our ...

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