Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

Now the diameter of the known universe can be described as 558 billion trillion miles (that’s 558 followed by 21 zeros) or 28 gigaparsecs. If you’re like most astronomers, I’m pretty sure which size ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

The Milky Way, along with its neighboring galaxies, appears to be moving toward the Shapley Concentration. But this discovery also challenges our current models of the universe.

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed.

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 24 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Straddling the night sky, the Milky Way reminds us of our place in the ...

A century ago, the “universe” was defined as the Milky Way galaxy. Heretics who disagreed had long been ridiculed— until science staged what became known as the Great Debate, on April 26 ...

MIT astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, hidden in the Milky Way’s "halo." These stars are thought to have formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago.

In fact, the glow of the Milky Way looks like steam coming from the teapot, which is tipped over and ready to pour boiling water onto the tail of Scorpius! That's a fanciful interpretation, sure.

Meet the Milky Way in its own words. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy takes a tour of our home in the cosmos from an unexpected perspective. Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier ...