Latest about Milky Way
James Webb telescope uncovers mysterious Milky Way 'twin' in the early universe
A Milky Way doppleganger discovered in the early universe suggests some key physical ingredient is missing from cosmological models.
Mysterious 'fountain of youth' near Milky Way's central black hole is full of newborn stars that shouldn't exist
New James Webb Space Telescope observations might be able to explain why clusters of young stars keep turning up near the Milky Way’s central black hole.
James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that 'shouldn't exist' swarming across the early universe
Thousands of disk galaxies like our own Milky Way were spotted in the early universe, where they shouldn't exist.
Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges.
How far apart are stars?
Scientists have calculated the average distance between stars, but there's much more to star distribution than meets the eye.
James Webb telescope reveals the universe may have far fewer active black holes than we thought
Almost every galaxy in the universe has a supermassive black hole at its center. So why is it so hard to find young black holes actively feeding?
The Milky Way wasn't always a spiral —and astronomers may finally know why it 'shape-shifted'
A century-old mystery of how galaxies change shapes has been solved by considering 'survival of the fittest' collisions between cosmic titans.
Hundreds of 'ghost stars' haunt the Milky Way's center. Scientists may finally know why.
Ghostly nebulas created by exploding stars appear to align in the Milky Way's bulging center. Astronomers may finally know why.
