The Fermi bubbles were discovered in 2010 by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two orbs form an hourglass structure ...

The JWST discovers the Zhúlóng spiral galaxy, as massive as the Milky Way, formed only a billion years after the Big Bang.

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy companions.

The solar system's journey through the galaxy is more complex than most imagine. While we often picture planets orbiting the ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...

As we study the universe more, we have found ourselves to be part of much larger structures, formed by gravitational interactions. We orbit the Sun, the Sun is part of the Milky Way, and the Milky Way ...

Every year, thousands of people visit Summit County to experience all the beauty that the Colorado Rocky Mountains have to ...

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

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...