When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Drawing of sky-goddess Nut, held by Shu, arched over her brother, the earth-god Geb. The rising ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

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Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...