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 ...

Moons are locked in orbit around planets. Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect around ...

The researchers also tracked hypervelocity stars—fast-moving stars ejected from the central region of the Milky Way after a close encounter with the supermassive black hole located there. The new map ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times ...

The image shows the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy about 26,000 light-years away.

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

Earlier catalogs had suggested that the Milky Way Galaxy was part of a region called the Laniakea Supercluster, but the new CF4 data offer a slightly different perspective, indicating that ...