There is only a 50 percent chance of this happening even in the next 10 billion years, according to study by UK and ...

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the ...

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The ...

The object, named ASKAP J1832-0911, sends out bursts of radio waves and X-rays that last two minutes and repeat every 44 ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

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

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

With summer soon approaching, the Milky Way will become more visible in May Getty If you’ve ever wanted to see the Milky Way with your own eyes, now’s your chance! There’s something truly ...

In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night sky. It will be more visible that usual over most of the Northern Hemisphere, according to science news ...

Depictions of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess found on tombs and coffins dating back almost 5,000 years may represent a key feature of the Milky Way. After analyzing hundreds of images of the ...

Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question more than a decade ago. Commenced in 2013, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

Galaxies are much bigger than we originally thought, extending far out into deep space — so far that the Milky Way likely interacts with our closest neighbor ...