UNBELIEVABLE: Milky way | History Defined

Where are the best places for life in the cosmos? A universe in a supercomputer yields the answer

Earth seems like a troubled place right now, but at least our cosmic surroundings appear peaceful. But this is not universally true, as explosions, collisions and other dangers lurk in other places and times.

The Conversation · 5h ago

How NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way

Look up at the night sky with your naked eye and it may seem like it rarely changes. Yet the universe is in constant flux. Stars drift through space, orbiting the centre of the Milky Way as planets orbit them. They rotate, showing off spots on their surfaces and sometimes…

The Conversation · Sep 28

Astrophotography in September 2026: get your camera ready for the equinox auroras and a final glimpse of the Milky Way’s core

Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

Digital Camera World · Sep 1

Sagittarius existed in real dimensions but over the past approximately 6 billion years, Milky Way has been absorbing dwarf galaxy

Whether the Milky Way's early growth ‌was fueled ⁠by homegrown star formation or a galactic merger has been a matter of debate, according to researchers. The new study indicates that the merger infused the Milky Way early in its history with a large volume of stars and interstellar gas that…

The Economic Times · Aug 18

Our Milky Way devoured a galaxy 11.8 billion years ago. Another crash may happen in 4.5 billion years

The Milky Way swallowed a smaller dwarf galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, marking the earliest known merger in its history. Scientists used Hubble and Gaia observations to trace stars linked to the ancient galaxy, named Low-energy-Kraken-Heracles. The Milky Way later absorbed other galaxies and may collide with Andromeda in…

The Economic Times · Aug 18

Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago

Look up on a dark night and the Milky Way appears as a calm band of stars across the sky. But our galaxy has a violent past.

The Conversation · Aug 17

How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way

The Milky Way has a secret history of galaxy mergers that we are only now starting to uncover.

Space · Aug 17

"This photo captures the first full Milky Way arch ever taken at this location," revealing the night sky over Argentina's UNESCO site, a landscape shaped over 200 million years and home to Earth's only complete Triassic record

Award-winning astrophotographer captured the first-of-its-kind astrophotography image at UNESCO World Heritage Site in Argentina, an irreplaceable geological landscape

Digital Camera World · Aug 3

This mesmerizing image of a galactic mangrove won a photography award – and it stopped me in my tracks

Japanese photographer Ryuhei Suguri took this incredible shot of a solitary mangrove beneath the starry Milky Way sky, snagging a win at the 2026 Mangrove Photography Awards

Digital Camera World · Aug 1

Meet the astronomer digging for Milky Way ‘fossils’

GRONINGEN, Netherlands - Amina Helmi’s passion for the Milky Way is clear as soon as one steps into her small office at the University of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.

Bangkok Post · Jul 30