"It’s been right in front of our eyes all the time, but we couldn’t see it until now."

Wave of "stellar nurseries" may be our galaxy’s biggest structure

Wave Hello

The Radcliffe Wave is an unbroken stream stars and stellar nurseries 9,000 light-years long — and it may be the biggest structure in the Milky Way.

Wave of “Stellar Nurseries” May Be Our Galaxy’s Biggest Structure

The unbroken stream of gas, dust, and young stars is 9,000 light-years long.

"It’s incredible to see our galactic center in detail we’ve never seen before."

Check out this incredibly beautiful new image of our home galaxy

Enhance!

NASA released a new panorama image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Aside from looking cool, it could help reveal how the galactic core operates.

Check Out This Incredibly Beautiful New Image of Our Home Galaxy

NASA took a panorama of the Milky Way's center.

"We're very intrigued by the beauty of this image; it's exotic."

Scientists discover "cosmic candy cane" in Milky Way galaxy

Hard Science

NASA just released an image of a "cosmic candy cane" in the center of the galaxy. The unusually shaped cloud is likely linked to active star formation.

Scientists Discover “Cosmic Candy Cane” in Milky Way Galaxy

The celestial goody is made of enough raw materials for millions of years.

Astronomers may have been wrong about the Milky Way's history

Cosmic History

A new survey of the center of the Milky Way challenges what astronomers have long thought about how stars formed in the region.

Astronomers May Have Been Wrong About The Milky Way’s History

A new picture from the Very Large Telescope rewrites our cosmic origin story.

The black hole dubbed LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth.

Scientists: Ominous black hole is way too big to exist

Too Big

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have spotted a gigantic black hole 70 times the mass of the Sun in our galaxy — way bigger than expected.

Scientists: Ominous Black Hole Is Way Too Big to Exist

"Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our Galaxy."

A supermassive black hole yeeted this star at 3.7 million mph

There Goes My Hero

Scientists spotted a runaway star traveling across the galaxy so rapidly that it will never return and traced its path back to our supermassive black hole.

A Supermassive Black Hole Yeeted This Star at 3.7 Million MPH

Bye forever!

Our ravenous galaxy keeps stealing smaller galaxies

Snatched Up

At least six of the smaller galaxies orbiting the Milky Way were stolen from one of its other satellites, according to new research.

Our Ravenous Galaxy Keeps Stealing Smaller Galaxies

At least six of the Milky Way's satellites used to belong to another galaxy.

The researchers estimate it could've lasted for some 300,000 years.

3.5 million years ago, our galaxy was rocked by an explosion

Big Burp

According to a new study, the center of the Milky Way galaxy exploded in a huge flare-up of hot gas. And an explosion might explode again in the future.

3.5 Million Years Ago, Our Galaxy Was Rocked by an Explosion

And it could happen again.

The flare up could have been caused by a nearby celestial object being swallowed up.

The Milky Way's supermassive black hole just did something wild

Flare Up

Astronomers observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* flare up, growing 75 times brighter than usual.

The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Just Did Something Wild

Why did the center of the Milky Way just light up to the brightest levels we've ever observed?

An encounter with a "ghost of a galaxy" is still haunting the Milky Way.

We live in the wreckage of an epic galactic collision, says study

Hard Knocks

Astronomers believe a past galactic collision with Antlia 2 is to blame for large ripples in the Milky Way's outer hydrogen gas disc.

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