The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark, central region (the black hole's shadow) surrounded by a bright ring of light (called the accretion ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed. When you purchase ...

A "hauntingly beautiful" photograph of the Milky Way above the ruins of a Tudor mansion ... "It's a great little chocolate box photo of the South Downs." Andrew Parker/South Downs National Park ...

The Girl Who Made the Milky Way,” a world premiere, family-friendly theatrical experience commissioned by Imagine Theatre, ...

According to the researchers, it’s like finding the Milky Way’s childhood photo album, as PanGu shows what our galaxy was like in its early days and helps us understand how it has grown and evolved ...

Researchers from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ) are throwing shade at the now iconic image of the ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history. It did not grow though simple and calm accretion, but rather through the aggressive mergers of multiple smaller galaxies. Recently, a team of ...

This new approach opens up exciting opportunities to map characteristics like interstellar extinction and metallicity across the Milky Way, aiding in the understanding of stellar populations and ...

Related: New view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way hints at an exciting hidden feature (image) "No telescope can capture an astronomical image perfectly," Makoto Miyoshi of ...

Light pollution can obstruct your view of catching spectacular cosmic sights like meteor showers, distant planets, the Milky Way galaxy, and this month's comet — Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto has found what they believe is the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way galaxy.