As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.

What does the Milky Way look like? Sometimes, the billions of stars comprising our home galaxy appear especially vibrant during “Milky Way season” as the band arcs across the night sky. The reason has ...

A team of astronomers has discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch further out into space than was ...

For many people, the Milky Way is something they have seen only in photographs. Under most urban skies, the galaxy's faint ...

An unusual collection of stars may represent the remnants of a dwarf galaxy that the Milky Way devoured about 10 billion years ago. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god ...

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Michigan residents can look up this Fourth of July weekend to see the Milky Way galaxy.

The Milky Way's core will be visible to stargazers in the southern hemisphere, including Tennessee, this month and throughout August. No special equipment is needed to view the galaxy, just a dark sky ...