First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

"No low-frequency radio image of the entire Southern Galactic Plane has been published before, making this an exciting ...

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

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

A new radio portrait of the Milky Way blends big-picture and high-detail surveys, exposing star nurseries, supernova debris, ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...