The Milky Way is estimated to have anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars and likely as many planets. At 1.5 billion objects, the map represents only a small slice of the galaxy.

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

The first ever map of the Milky Way's "graveyard" reveals the galaxy sometimes ejects the corpses of its deceased stars, leaving them roaming the universe as rogue black holes and neutron stars.

Building a hydrogen map for the Milky Way has long been crucial to understanding the galaxy's structure, dynamics, star formation and evolution, as well as refining the observations of distant ...

The Lobster Nebula seen with ESO’s VISTA telescope ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo The wonders of our galaxy are on full display in a new infrared map of the Milky Way ...

The Milky Way is classified as a barred spiral galaxy, giving it an S-like shape. From a frontal view, it has four primary arms branching out of a central bar and from a side view it appears to be a ...

Three-dimensional maps of the interstellar dust extinction curve within the Milky Way galaxy. Science , 2025; 387 (6739): 1209 DOI: 10.1126/science.ado9787 Cite This Page : ...

Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way, offering insights into the composition of our home galaxy and how it evolved, formed and is structured.

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

The Milky Way is estimated to have anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars and likely as many planets. At 1.5 billion objects, the map represents only a small slice of the galaxy.