The Milky Way is at least 100,000 light-years across, but the new results suggest that the galaxy's star formation takes ...
Astronomers have discovered the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk, revealing that most new stars form within 40,000 ...
Stellar winds blowing away from a nearby binary star probably form the gas clouds.
How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at ...
A string of small gas clouds near the Milky Way’s central black hole has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, new observations ...
"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the US is generally from March to September.
Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is almost up. It’s set to leave the solar system soon, after zipping ...