Tagged With Milky Way Galaxy

An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

An experiment that reaches across our galaxy has detected the first signs of a possible 'sea' of ripples in space-time

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Astronomers spotted a galaxy dying after a major collision. It's bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year.

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

15 stunning photos of the Milky Way galaxy that will make you feel small

Talia Lakritz

Astronomers found the closest black hole to Earth — and there could be millions more like it

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy suddenly lit up brighter than scientists had ever seen, and nobody knows why

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals our galaxy's warped shape in unprecedented detail

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Humans are about to see the first-ever photo of a 'supermassive' black hole. Here's what we hope to discover.

Aria Bendix

A 'mind-boggling' telescope find has revealed the point of no return for our galaxy's monster black hole

Dave Mosher

Scientists just published the best map of our galaxy ever created -- and it pins down the location of 1.7 billion stars

Kevin Loria