Astronomers now believe the Milky Way's "inevitable" collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

To make this discovery, researchers traced the paths of 21 stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way using data from the ...

In a groundbreaking astronomical discovery, researchers have unveiled a cosmic event of immense scale: a trio of galaxies, each hosting a supermassive black hole, is on a collision course. Located ...

It used to be said that you could test your eyesight by counting the number of stars visible to the unaided eye. The best nights to try this are around January 19 when the Moon is new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...

A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...