For years, scientists, textbooks, and museums have told us that our beautiful home, the Milky Way, is on a crash course with ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury will be visible in the western horizon, the space agency said. Californians can observe ...

Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Astronomers capture the universe’s brightest era, revealing when galaxies like the Milky Way first formed and began to shine.

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

Astronomers have believed for decades that the Milky Way is on a collision course with our nearest big neighbor, Andromeda.

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual ...