Astronomers have discovered a second interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way that is extraordinarily rich in ...

The heart of the Milky Way is one of the most crowded and violent places in the galaxy, and it keeps producing structures ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is famously quiet today, sipping only tiny amounts of gas and ...

Most of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy sit neatly on a flat plane. But the space around our galaxy is much more chaotic.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger ...

The star passes very close to the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole and could reveal the black hole’s spin by tracking how ...

At 15,500 miles per second, it’s the fastest planet or star ever observed by science, but its true value is how close it is ...

Exhibition opens in former home of William Herschel, who discovered Uranus, and his comet-spotting sibling Caroline ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Milky Way could be coming to a sky near you. The billions of stars comprising our home galaxy should appear especially vibrant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

Can you see the Milky Way galaxy from Earth? Yes! And as stargazers and skywatchers know, it's a stunning sight to see. Comprised of billions of stars, the Milky Way galaxy got its name because from ...

We are not alone—at least as a galaxy. About 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way. But when its intense gravity inevitably draws them to venture too close, they will probably be annihilated. It’s ...