Does the Milky Way eat dark matter for dessert?

Along with all the galaxies the Milky Way devours, it also swallows dark matter.

By Elizabeth Rayne 5 days ago

Our black hole won't stop acting up and throwing tantrums

The black hole in the center of our galaxy doesn’t just flare — it makes a scene.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago

Maggie could be the Milky Way's most monstrous structure

Maggie is 3,900 light years long and could be a future breeding ground for stars.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago

Why does our black hole have a flaring temper?

Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

More than 450 unknown objects had been lurking unknown in the Milky Way until now

By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago

What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year?

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

The motions of 66 nearby galaxies have now been reliably measured. Not stars. *Galaxies*.

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

The dark force secretly slowing down our galaxy could be dark matter

By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago

How long would it take for an alien civilization to populate an entire galaxy?

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

Illuminating new research refines timeline of how and when Milky Way formed

By Jeff Spry 8 months ago