Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers made ...

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

If you want to pinpoint your place in the universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky Way Galaxy->Local Cluster->Virgo Cluster->Virgo Supercluster->Laniakea.

The discovery was made using two powerful space telescopes that looked at a number of cosmic explosions which took place ...

Astronomers have achieved one of the most precise measurements ever made of the Milky Way’s distant spiral arms, revealing ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

The ESA's dark universe spacecraft Euclid has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed ...

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 ...

Michigan residents can look up this Fourth of July weekend to see the Milky Way galaxy.