CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is thought to host between 100 and 400 billion stars, but there's no way to know the exact figure. Likewise, there's no way to know for sure how many star systems ...

The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

It's only the third time that experts have spotted an object in the Milky Way that's come from a different solar system. Find out more here.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall ...

Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.

Solar systems will orbit around the galaxy's core — just like our system completes an orbit around the Milky Way every 240 million years —and aren't pulled into one another as galaxies merge.

One Sagittarius A* sits at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. In fact, according to NASA most galaxies of a similar size have monster black holes at their center. Sagittarius A* has ...