Unusual stellar remnants suggest the Milky Way might have eaten a galaxy called Loki billions of years ago, according to new ...

The Milky Way’s magnetic field, the invisible scaffold that steers cosmic rays and shapes the gas between stars, has been hiding a secret. A team of radio astronomers has discovered that the field ...

If you're looking for something to do Memorial Day weekend and into May, why not try to catch a glimpse of a band of stars comprising the Milky Way?

When it comes to the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, there’s a whole “will they or won’t they” thing going on. In 2012 ...

Capture the Atlas reveals its 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection, featuring 25 stunning astrophotography ...

The gorgeous astrophotographs highlight the dazzling night sky and remind viewers what we risk losing to light pollution ...

Loki's traces are harder to find because they're buried near the Milky Way's dense disk.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could reveal millions of hidden neutron stars in the Milky Way using gravitational microlensing.

Astronomers have uncovered a strange magnetic “flip” hidden inside the Milky Way. Using a new radio telescope, researchers ...

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have identified a ...

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like ...