Milky Way

Space Runaway stars within the Milky Way may reveal dark matter’s hidden structure

Researchers used Gaia motions and RR Lyrae distances to flag 165 candidate hypervelocity stars, including several extreme sprinters.

Space Astronomers reveal how the Milky Way’s violent youth forged a calmer spiral giant Joseph Shavit

Space The Milky Way’s stars reveal a hidden history of two galaxies in one Joseph Shavit

Space Scientists create the world’s first Milky Way simulation following 100 billion stars over 10,000 years Joseph Shavit

Space The Seven Sisters (Pleiades) are part of a vast 2,000-light-year stellar network Mac Oliveau

Space Astronomers discover a galaxy making stars 180x faster than the Milky Way Joseph Shavit

Space Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling Joseph Shavit

Space Scientists crack the mystery of galactic filaments and magnetic fields at the heart of the Milky Way

Space Distant galaxy’s black hole offers extraordinary glimpse into the Milky Way’s future

Space Astronomers discovered Fermi bubbles hiding at the center of the Milky Way

Space Dark dwarf stars lurking at the center of our galaxy could reveal the true nature of dark matter

Space Astronomers discover the explosive source of many of the universe’s heaviest elements

Space New data predicts a 50% chance that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide

Space Most distant spiral galaxy ever found shatters theories of cosmic formation

Space Milky Way’s center contains fewer stars — and now we know why

Space Scientists discover mysterious new cosmic object in the Milky Way

Space The Milky Way exists in a cosmic void that breaks the laws of cosmology