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The announcement could feature an important discovery about our galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*.

By studying a quarter of a million stars before they expanded into red giants, astronomers have revolutionized our picture of how the Milky Way was formed.

The record-breaking beam is emanating from a pulsar—a rapidly rotating, collapsed star with a strong magnetic field—located around 1,600 light-years from Earth.

The bubbles, which extend over 36,000 light-years, are being driven by energetic outflows from its supermassive black hole.

The black hole is stealing material from a companion star, in a process that could show how black holes get a kick from supernova explosions that form them.

Some massive stars travel distances that should take many of their relatively short lifespans to traverse. Astronomers think they now know how this happens.

The discovery of 70 confirmed cosmic orphans not orbiting parent stars is the largest find of freely wandering exoplanets to date.

The weaving of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole shows how it dominates the heart of the galaxy.

New research from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that our galaxy's central black hole Sagittarius A* belches out jets of material as it swallows surrounding gas clouds.

The discovery of such a massive black hole in a dwarf galaxy could help explain both how galaxies evolve and how dark matter is distributed throughout them.

The 366 exoplanets were found by an algorithm that searched 800 million images of stars taken by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in its K2 mission.

Scientists are now trying to learn more about the galaxy, named Pisces VII/Triangulum III, which has been described as a significant discovery.

Scientists believe the area, known as the Central Molecular Zone, could shed light on the origins of cosmic rays that bombard Earth.

The duel between the galaxies, 22 million light-years from Earth, resembles a violent encounter in the Milky Way's distant past that could have shaped it.

The possible Saturn-sized planet was detected in the galaxy Messier 51, 28 million light-years from Earth, making it the most distant exoplanet ever found.

The fact that the solar system could be traveling through a highly magnetized filament in space may also explain mysterious rope-like structures in the sky.

The massive cavity in molecular clouds within our galaxy was discovered as scientists studied the first 3D maps of these star-forming regions.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made findings that could redefine what we know about the evolution of galaxies

"There are likely more weird ones out there, and we need to think about how to look for them," said Davy Kirkpatrick, an author of the study.

The star cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

The vast galactic structure could tell reveal something "significant" about our own galaxy, according to one scientist.

From a vivid sunset to the Milky Way galaxy, a remote-controlled drone captures the scene changing for 30 hours.

Three astrophotographers share their top tips for taking beautiful images.

A Finnish artist who turned his camera skyward 25 years ago has completed an unprecedented image of the Milky Way.

Supernovae are cataclysmic explosions that occur during the last evolutionary stages in the life of massive stars.

Astronomers detected rare and never-before-seen structures in the galaxy's magnetic field including a helix-shaped featured and two vast "superbubbles."

The 200 stars appear to have come from a merger between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy long ago.

Determining the abundance of Earth-like planets is one of the major goals of planetary science.

Researchers say determining intelligence across the galaxy could give clues to our own fate.

"The flash was so powerful that it lit up the stream like a Christmas tree," said researcher Andrew Fox.