The Milky Way’s farthest spiral arms have long been sketched more from motion than measurement. Now three violent explosions ...

An international team has pioneered a "motion-picture" method for measuring the precession rate of the Milky Way's disk warp. Using a sample of Cepheid variable stars of different ages, this method ...

On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are. Andromeda is even heading your way at about 100 kilometers per second. Now astronomers at ...

Astronomers have achieved one of the most precise measurements ever made of the Milky Way’s distant spiral arms, revealing ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre. This image shows the Mikly Way edge-on. In the red ...

The Milky Way appears to have a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. If confirmed, the structure might be a relic from a brush with another galaxy, but not all astronomers ...

Euclid has taken the largest and most detailed photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s center in visible light, capturing ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...