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 ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more likely.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. The celestial object is emitting X-rays around the ...

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is a spiral galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light-years. Check out these 7 stunning photos of Milky Way galaxy captured by NASA.

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation.

Left: An illustration shows a stage in the potential merger between the Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as viewed in Earth's night sky in 3.75 billion years.

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for the Milky Way and Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation.

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation.

New study finds that the Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with neighboring galaxy Andromeda Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy ...

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for the Milky Way and Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation.