Using the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, an international team of astronomers has observed ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.

A galaxy neighbouring ours is transforming in unexpected ways – and it could change our view of space, researchers say. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is one of the closest neighbours to our ...

Earth is not only orbiting the Sun it is also traveling through the Milky Way on an enormous galactic journey. In this video ...

The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had rough beginnings. A new study suggests the Sun migrated away from the center ...

For billions of years before reaching its current location, the Sun may have slowly travelled as part of a large group, or “wave,” of stars drifting out from the inner parts of the Milky Way. This ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

An international team of astronomers has captured the central region of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

The ratio of a star’s age to its metal content ties it to a characteristic birthplace within the disk.