A newly-discovered spiral galaxy, dubbed the Big Wheel, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang – far earlier, considering its size, than astronomers thought possible. Themiya Nanayakkara ...

Our sun and the planets that circle it are part of a galaxy called the Milky Way. Its name comes from the Greek galaxias ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have at last identified what’s believed to be the edge of the Milky Way ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests that our models of ...

It also fulfilled its primary goal of drawing the biggest and most precise map of the Milky Way, providing the clearest reconstructed view of how our galaxy might appear to an outside observer.

T he Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is no stranger to the vast cosmic forces that shape the universe. Yet, an exciting discovery has unveiled an even more dramatic future: the Milky ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford) Deep in the heart of the Milky Way lies a bustling region near to the galaxy’s ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the ...

What is our galaxy, the Milky Way, made of? Well, that is a really good question. I suppose the obvious answer, and it's right in part, is stars - some smaller than the sun and some bigger than ...