(Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost/Moment/Getty Images) In the beginning, there was moosh. At the dawn of the Solar System, young ...

For four decades, one of the most prominent features in radio images of the Milky Way sat without a convincing explanation.

This loop has been interpreted as a giant bubble blown from the center of the Milky Way. (Oxford/SARAO) Scientists have just ...

Astronomers have solved a 40-year mystery surrounding a giant structure once believed to rise from the center of the Milky ...

If you want to pinpoint your place in the universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky Way Galaxy->Local Cluster->Virgo Cluster->Virgo Supercluster->Laniakea.

A vast, but previously unknown structure has been discovered around our own Milky Way galaxy by an international team of astronomers. The announcement is being made on behalf of Drs. Annette Ferguson, ...

Scientists from Argentina’s National University of San Juan say they’ve discovered a “large scale structure” in a largely unseen part of the Milky Way galaxy, according to a new preprint paper ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way cannot keep them. When a star exceeds the galaxy’s escape speed, it becomes ...

In a mysterious region of the sky known as the "zone of avoidance" veiled by our own galaxy's thick bulge, researchers have found a massive "extragalactic structure" hiding behind the Milky Way. As ...