Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it's not alone. There is also likely a forest of binary ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

OREO, cherished worldwide for its special bond with milk as epitomized by the "OREO dunk", has reimagined this classic ritual ...

A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever ...