The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is seen beneath the the Milky Way. The observatory’s telescope has the largest digital camera in the world (NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/H. Stockebrand) ...

Now the next step. Using the Milky Way as our model, we can multiply the number of stars in a typical galaxy (100 billion) by the number of galaxies in the universe (2 trillion).

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity. "We likely won't live to see the benefit," lead author Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki said in an ...

New study finds that the Milky Way has a 50-50 chance of colliding with neighboring galaxy Andromeda ...

While the Triangulum galaxy’s gravitational influence conspired to bring the Milky Way and Andromeda together, the LMC had a repellent effect. And when all four danced together, the odds of an ...

The Associated Press reported Monday that astronomers in Finland have determined that our galaxy has a 50-50 chance of colliding with the neighboring Andromeda within the next 10 billion years.

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy “A head-on collision is very unlikely, we found a less than 2% chance for that,” Sawala said.

Experts say Milky Way has 50-50 chance of colliding with neighbor galaxy. But when? by: Crystal Bonvillian Posted: Jun 8, 2025 / 12:02 PM EDT Updated: Jun 8, 2025 / 12:02 PM EDT ...