When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025) Astronomers have unveiled the ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...

A peculiar gamma-ray glow from the heart of the Milky Way has left astronomers scratching their heads. This strange emission, ...

Using “plug in free” X3D technology in Demicron’s WireFusion, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s PlanetQuest web site is providing visitors with a unique opportunity to interactively explore the Milky ...

For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

The Galaxy’s core isn't as densely packed with stars as models suggested, a study finds, aligning it more closely with similar spiral galaxies. Our Galactic home just got a remodel. Peering through ...

This is part of the first 3D map of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Over 200 thousand objects are included in the map, which was made up of images from a telescope in the Canary Islands that took ...

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." Our cosmic neighborhood may ...