The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ever.

Earth is far from a stationary planet; it spins on its axis, orbits the sun, journeys with the solar system around the Milky Way, and moves through the expanding universe in a complex, layered dance ...

The Milky Way galaxy is far from static. It spins, it wobbles, and now, thanks to the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope, we know it also carries a massive wave rippling across its disk.

Space is full of strange and fascinating phenomena that often outdo science fiction. Here are some bite-sized facts about our cosmos and beyond. In 2009, astronomers found ethyl formate near the Milky ...

The source of the Milky Way's strange wobble has finally been revealed, thanks to new data from the ESA's Gaia Space Telescope.

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the Earth’s planetary formation.

Florida is home to three listed "dark sky" locations that may offer the best views of the Milky Way's galactic center. The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than ...

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

ST. PAUL — Malorie Thorson knew that time flies when you’re at the Minnesota State Fair, but she wasn’t prepared for how fast it goes when you’re the top dairy princess for it. Thorson, a 20-year-old ...

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The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous 'Summer Triangle' asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing ...