Image: Hubble captures star-studded cluster

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way's most massive globular clusters ...

The Milky Way’s Mysterious Glow May Be Dark Matter After All

Scientists have taken a fresh look at the Milky Way's mysterious gamma-ray glow using machine learning and uncovered evidence ...

Galaxy mergers aren't always obvious

The galaxy Centaurus A is about 11 million light-years away and is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the sky. Because it's so ...

The Milky Way’s Arms May Stretch Farther Than We Thought

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers made ...
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Milky Way's spiral arms are farther away than we thought

Astronomers have spent decades mapping the Milky Way, but the galaxy is too vast for anyone to see its full shape from the inside. Distances to its outer spiral arms have therefore relied heavily on ...

NASA's Chandra telescope reveals Milky Way's outer reaches may stretch farther than previously known

Rare gamma-ray bursts detected by powerful X-ray telescopes orbiting the Earth helped astronomers measure Milky Way spiral ...

XMM-Newton gamma-ray detection shows the Milky Way is bigger than previously thought

The Milky Way’s farthest spiral arms have long been sketched more from motion than measurement. Now three violent explosions ...

This 4th of July, the Milky Way could put on a light show of its own

Fireworks may not be the only light show this July Fourth weekend. Here's how you can see the Milky Way this month across the ...