Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

Here’s your best chance at catching a glimpse of the Milky Way this month from Illinois, including the upcoming weather forecast. bjdlzx Getty Images Illinois residents will soon get the chance ...

Depictions of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess found on tombs and coffins dating back almost 5,000 years may represent a key feature of the Milky Way. After analyzing hundreds of images of the ...

Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question more than a decade ago. Commenced in 2013, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

A long-term survey of small, “satellite” galaxies that orbit larger galaxies across the universe offers new insights into our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Since 2012, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

"We get wrinklier as we age, but our work reveals that the opposite is true for the Milky Way. It's a sort of cosmic Benjamin Button, getting less wrinkly over time." New findings from the Gaia ...

Today it is known, variously, as the Milky Way, the Silver River, the Birds’ Path. We see it as the celestial counterpart of major rivers, a path for departed spirits, the birthplace of angels.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have ...

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The two star-filled discs were strikingly similar to those located in the Milky Way galaxy. This revelation presented the astronomers with a rare opportunity to compare our own galaxy with its ...