A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests ... particularly the distinctive spiral arms that give these ...

This revelation not only challenges our current models of galaxy evolution but hints that the Milky Way could someday unleash similar jets ... retained its tranquil nature with well-defined spiral ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a strikingly mature galaxy that mirrors the structure of our own Milky Way ...

Could our galaxy actually be inside a black hole ... while approximately one-third of them rotated counterclockwise. The Milky Way rotates counterclockwise, putting it in the minority.

The outflow is about 625 light-years from Earth in one of the closest star-forming regions of our Milky Way galaxy, according to NASA. A light-year is equivalent to almost 6 trillion miles.

An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) 32,615 people ...