Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

The Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky Way’s colossal neighbor, lies 2.5 million light-years away yet shines visibly in dark skies.

Astronomers have been baffled for decades by a cosmic deficit: the Milky Way’s calculated entourage of satellite galaxies is ...

A tiny, newly discovered galaxy being shredded by the gravity of the Milky Way is our galaxy's closest known neighbor, residing just 42,000 light-years from the Milky Way's center.

The Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy 2.5 million light-years away, is something of a big sister to our own Milky Way. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Join Our Community of Science Lovers!

The nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way has been revealed. It is so close that the Milky Way is gradually consuming it by pulling in its stars. But it will be few billion years before it is ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy.

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy ...

The SMC remains one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. This proximity allowed the research team to identify and track approximately 7,000 massive stars within the galaxy.

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy's core this summer.

What does the Milky Way look like?. Sometimes, the billions of stars comprising our home galaxy appear especially vibrant during “Milky Way season” as the band arcs across the night sky. The ...

The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that includes more than 50 other galaxies.Those galaxies can be as small as a dwarf galaxy with up to only a few billion stars ...