revealing in the process that our Milky Way galaxy did not always possess its familiar spiral appearance. Astronomer Alister Graham used old and new observations to show how the evolution of ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

(AP) — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies ...

It turns out that a looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen, after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies ...

This relatively smooth development sets the Milky Way apart from other spiral galaxies, which often experienced multiple disruptions during their formation. The PanGu disk now accounts for only 0. ...

Instead of being annihilated from without, the Milky Way’s cosmic destruction could begin from within. The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away ...

It's been textbook knowledge for over a century that our Milky Way galaxy is doomed to collide with another large spiral galaxy, Andromeda, in the next 5 billion years and merge into one even ...

Because it appears as a rotating disc curving out from a dense central region, the Milky Way is known as a spiral galaxy. Our planet itself is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms ...