Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

The future of galaxies remains one of the most interesting topics for experts. In fact, they will not survive the passage of ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

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

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new study pre-published on the arXiv servers suggests that the Milky Way is missing ...

One petition for the comeback of the Milky Way Crispy Rolls gained over 8,000 signatures. The treats combine crispy wafer, ...