A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

How do you map something you can’t see? For astronomers studying the Milky Way, the answer lies in radio waves-the very lowest frequencies that slip past the dust and gas obscuring our galaxy’s heart.

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

New simulations suggest dark matter could explain the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s center. The findings show that the galaxy’s early mergers may have shaped dark matter in a way that ...

For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.

For decades, astronomers have been vying to identify a source for a mysterious gamma-ray excess at the center of the Milky ...

Simulations of magnetic turbulence in the Milky Way enhance understanding of galactic magnetic fields and their influence on ...

Considering we can't actually see the Milky Way from the outside — since, you know, we're in it — astronomers know a surprising amount about our home galaxy. They know its overall structure, where we ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Feb. 8 (UPI) --Scientists have long suspected that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course, but now, thanks to new data from the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, ...

Looks like we live in a giant Pringle. According to a new 3D model of the Milky Way, our galaxy is warped and shaped like the popular brand of potato chip. “I’d say that it is shaped like a Pringle,” ...