Milky Way
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it's much wider than they thought
Dust-cloud ‘light echoes’ allowed astronomers to pinpoint the distances to our Galaxy’s spiral arms
Scientists looked at the centre of our Galaxy and found some really weird structures
Scientists looking at the centre of our Galaxy have found long, slim filaments made not of dust but gas, and forged by powerful shockwaves
Our Galaxy is set to collide with its neighbour. It's called the Andromeda-Milky Way collision – and here's what will happen
Will our Milky Way galaxy really collide with the Andromeda Galaxy? When will it happen, and how does our Galaxy compare to the Andromeda Galaxy?
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There's a huge wave rippling through our Galaxy, and scientists have no idea what's causing it
Scientists don't know what's causing this a ripple in our Galaxy, but it could point to a chaotic history
There's an enormous, invisible sheet of strange stuff surrounding our entire Galaxy
A vast, flat dark-matter structure surrounding the Milky Way could explain the motion of nearby galaxies
'We want to know how we got here'. Scientists trace the 12-billion-year history of a distant galaxy for the first time ever
By comparing the Milky Way to galaxies like NGC 1365, astronomers say they can determine whether our galaxy’s formation was typical or unique.
Our Sun and its twins fled the centre of the Galaxy 4 billion years ago. Otherwise, life may never have emerged on Earth
Our Sun was part of a mass migration that could have helped life emerge on Earth
Our Galaxy and others are being pulled into deep space by something called the Great Attractor
In space, nothing is ever still. You feel like you’re sitting still as you read this, but you’re not
Strange signals are coming from the centre of our Galaxy. Scientists say they've worked out what they are
Could 'excited dark matter' be behind mysterious signals from the core of the Milky Way?
New image shows centre of our Galaxy in incredible detail. We've never seen an image like this before
Image spans 650 lightyears and reveals gas and dust round the supermassive black hole at the Galaxy's core
You live here. This is where Earth, our Sun and all the planets are found within our Galaxy
Far from being at the centre of the Universe, Earth is located in the spiral arm of a fairly small galaxy.
Scientists have come up with an ingenious way of measuring the mass of our entire Galaxy
Our Galaxy’s smaller siblings could hold the secret to its size.
It turns out our Galaxy might not be doomed after all. We asked a scientist to explain why
Near the black hole at our Galaxy's centre, there are things that even the Webb Telescope can't see
Take a 3D flight through our Galaxy and see it from above. New map shows what the Milky Way looks like from the outside
Images of the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
How bright would the night sky be if we were closer to the centre of the Milky Way?
Would Earth being closer to the galactic core be a stargazer's dream, or nightmare?
Astronomers discover ancient ‘twin’ of the Milky Way, challenging what we know about the Universe
Finding a galaxy like Zhúlóng so soon after the Big Bang shows that the universe was building complex, organised structures much earlier than we ever imagined-changing how we understand our own cosmic origins.
Large Magellanic Cloud collision with the Milky Way
Astronomers have produced the most detailed infrared map of our galaxy ever created, containing 1.5 billion objects
How do we know what our Milky Way galaxy looks like when we're inside it?
Artist's impression of the Milky Way. Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
This image shows the centre of our galaxy and its supermassive black hole captured in x-ray light
Two powerful observatories combine to produce a spectacular image showing the centre of our galaxy.
Where have all the Milky Way’s early stars gone? Our Galaxy has a curious lack of pristine stars
