Our sun and the planets that circle it are part of a galaxy called the Milky Way. Its name comes from the Greek galaxias ...

The universe is packed with strange stuff, but almost nothing is as strange as the Great Attractor. This unseen gravitational attraction is dragging galaxies, including the Milky Way, at rapid speeds, ...

The enormity of space often puts us at ease, giving us a false sense of cosmic permanence. However, our own Milky Way is on a path to collide with its giant neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. The next ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful tools is something called 21 cm radiation. Hydrogen, the most abundant ...