Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 ...

At the center of the Milky Way, an otherwise ordinary star is moving at an extraordinary speed. Every 8.7 years, the faint ...

Get ready, stargazers: The Milky Way could be coming to a sky near you. Our galaxy is positively teeming with billions of stars that become bright and vibrant in the cosmos at certain times of the ...

The video explains how telescopes, simulations and the motion of stars and gas help reconstruct the Milky Way from our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're looking for something fun to do over Memorial Day weekend and into late May, why not try to catch a glimpse of stars ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...

Learn about a bright blob in the central region of the Milky Way, illuminating what may be a remnant of a massive star that exploded A bright blob of X-ray emission near the heart of the Milky Way may ...

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for “uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy” was built through ...

University of Florida astronomers helped create the largest and most detailed image ever made of the center of the Milky Way, giving scientists an unprecedented look at the raw material that forms new ...

Astronomers say a dwarf galaxy, left, merged with the primitive Milky Way galaxy about 12 billion years ago. Credit: NASA / ESA / Joseph Olmsted illustration Astronomers have uncovered the ...

"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the US is generally from March to September.

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for uncovering fossil evidence of past galactic mergers that prove how the Milky Way evolved. No matter ...