Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

Getting face to face, or rather touch to touch, with baby animals is among the top childhood experiences for young kids.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

As Liam and Noel Gallagher reunite for the Oasis comeback tour, their kids—Anaïs, Lennon, Gene, and Molly—open up about their ...

Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...

The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations have revealed, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding ...

Milky Way galaxy might not collide with Andromeda after all Astronomers ran 100,000 computer simulations using combined Hubble/Gaia space telescope data.

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...