If you look upward on a clear night from Earth’s darkest regions, you’ll probably glimpse a broad stripe of stars, cloaked in clouds of dust and gas, arcing across the sky. What you’re seeing is a ...

We are living in a golden age of Milky Way research and exploration. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Milky Way is a barred ...

Our home galaxy might be larger than we first assumed, astronomers have found. A new model of the Milky Way has revealed that our galaxy is wider than we thought, according to a new paper in the ...