For most of human history, the Milky Way has been a hazy band of light, a backdrop rather than a map. Now, by reading the ...

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

Our solar system is on the move, traveling at 828,000 km/h through a galactic structure most people don't know exists. This ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal ...

Star chemistry reveals two spiral arms and a faint bridge in the Milky Way, offering a clearer view of hidden structure in ...

Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...