A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...

The Milky Way, along with its neighboring galaxies, appears to be moving toward the Shapley Concentration. But this discovery also challenges our current models of the universe.

The team found only a 2 percent probability that the galaxies will collide in the next five billion years. In slightly over half of the simulated scenarios, Andromeda and the Milky Way experience at ...

NARRATOR: The Milky Way, our home, formed not long after the Big Bang. One of trillions in the universe. This is our galaxy. ♪ Billions of planets orbiting billions of stars.

A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...

A century ago, the “universe” was defined as the Milky Way galaxy. Heretics who disagreed had long been ridiculed— until science staged what became known as the Great Debate, on April 26 ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 24 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Straddling the night sky, the Milky Way reminds us of our place in the ...

In fact, the glow of the Milky Way looks like steam coming from the teapot, which is tipped over and ready to pour boiling water onto the tail of Scorpius! That's a fanciful interpretation, sure.

MIT astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, hidden in the Milky Way’s "halo." These stars are thought to have formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago.

Meet the Milky Way in its own words. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy takes a tour of our home in the cosmos from an unexpected perspective. Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier ...

A team at MIT discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe — 12 to 13 billion years old — hidden in the Milky Way’s Halo. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!