In just 30 seconds I captured the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way, glowing brightly ... proper cameras? "[Using a smartphone] is a way to dip your toe in the water to see if you want to do ...

A recent studypublished on arXiv sheds light on an astonishing discovery at the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. There, a complex symphony of gravitational waves is being generated by a multitude of ...

But if you can find somewhere with a clearer view south, perhaps on a south-facing coast looking out to sea or high on a hill looking across open countryside, the core of the Milky Way is a ...

Meanwhile, the stellar core condenses into either a neutron star or black hole. Modern neutron stars and black holes formed in the Milky Way are easier to spot because they stay within our galaxy ...

The center of our galaxy is visible in July and August for those in the Northern Hemisphere. A camera that allows you to take long-exposure photos can pick up more colors and detail. If you want ...

Stretching some 120,000 light-years from tip to tip, the Milky Way is what’s known as a spiral galaxy. Four large arms wind around its core, with our sun parked along a minor arm some 26,000 ...

The general notion that the core of our galaxy, called the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is an active place is not a new one. The forces that power the Mixmaster of the Milky Way have long remained a ...

“That’s the original core,” Rix says, and it harbors the Milky Way’s oldest stars, which he says probably have ages exceeding 12.5 billion years. The protogalaxy formed when several large ...

Our Galactic home just got a remodel. Peering through the dust and gas that intersperse our Galaxy, astronomers have found that the Milky Way’s core is less dense than originally thought.