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, ...

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.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

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 ...

Milky Way could hit another galaxy in 2 ... since the collision might knock our solar system "out of the Milky Way and into intergalactic space," said study lead author Marius Cautun of ...

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

The emergence of our solar system could be the result of dwarf galaxy Sagittarius crashing into the Milky Way billions of years ago. New research, based on data from the orbital telescope Gaia ...

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.

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