There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it's not alone. There is also likely a forest of binary ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular ...

The outdoor movie theater, set up in the parking lot next to Franklin Field in Ballpark Commons, is starting the season with ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something odd overhead this month: barely any milk in that way.

How do you distinguish a galaxy from a mere cluster of stars? That’s easy, right? A galaxy is a large collection of millions ...

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way. Using NASA’s ...

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...