Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

A new image from the European Southern Observatory reveals a gas cloud orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole, offering ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

This map is part of ACES — the ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey — a project designed to understand how gas condenses into stars in ...

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New ALMA observations reveal a complex network of gas filaments in the Milky Way’s central 650 light-years, enabling detailed ...

Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...

A new photo taken by the world's most powerful telescope shows a 6-quadrillion-kilometre span of our galaxy.

A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several ...

Astronomers wonder why there aren't more stars.

Milky Way season is here and Alabama’s dark skies are ready to reveal the galaxy’s glittering core. Here's when and how to ...