Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

New research suggests that dark matter may be the key to uncovering the mysteries of the Milky Way. The scientific team led ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Look up at the night sky and you might feel dwarfed by the glimmer of countless stars. Now shift that view downward, press ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of ...

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

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.

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.