Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before seen.

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

June 25's new moon darkens the night sky for summer’s best stargazing — including the Summer Triangle and Milky Way.

Incredibly brilliant images have been released this week of the Milky Way and other distant galaxies from the world's largest telescope at the Rubin Observatory in Chile. Derrick Pitts, chief ...

Science News: June 2025 presents a unique chance to observe the Milky Way's core, visible from evening until dawn in dark locations. Favorable moon phases enhance t ...

The probability of the Milky Way colliding with the Andromeda galaxy within the next 10 billion years is now estimated at 50%, lower and farther in the future than previous predictions.

If the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies did collide, the merger would be strong enough to throw the sun into a new region in space, wrote NASA in 2012, when astronomers predicted this crash was a ...

But the only way to get to a new prediction about the eventual fate of the Milky Way will be with even better data.” DOI: Nature Astronomy, 2025. 10.1038/s41550-025-02563-1 ( About DOIs ).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two ...