The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in ...

At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive ...

A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, in collaboration with Dr. Peter Craig, has introduced a more precise ...

AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor. This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become ...

Using millions of simulations and AI, astronomers discovered the Milky Way’s black hole spins near top speed. The ...

“Long-exposure photos make the Milky Way’s bright stars and dark dust clouds even clearer. And while our eyes see it in ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other smaller galaxies (some not yet discovered) as well as dark matter (per the ...