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Plane of the Milky Way

Astronomers find a rare ‘dark galaxy’ within our Local Group

Andromeda has a new faintest satellite galaxy

Artist's concept of what Andromeda will look like in the sky in the future

Milky Way, Solar System

What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy merge?

Astrophotography

The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way

Milky Way, Stars

Binary star system finally discovered near Milky Way center

A baby Milky Way may have swallowed a dwarf galaxy named Loki

Galaxies, Milky Way

The Milky Way and Andromeda may not merge, after all

Cosmology, Galaxies, Milky Way

New Horizons measures how dark the universe can get

NGC 2623 is a great example of what a pair of interacting galaxies looks like, 260 million light-years distant. Galaxies need mergers or other cosmic events to perturb different regions and trigger star formation and galaxy evolution.

Survivors from the Milky Way’s birth

The Orion Arm hangs in the sky over the Okie-Tex Star Party in this two-minute exposure taken at ISO 3200. All images were shot with an astromodified Canon EOS 6D and 16–35mm f/2.8 zoom lens unless otherwise noted. Credit: Adrian Bradley

Astrophotography

Chasing nightscapes: Tips for taking wide-field shots of the land and sky

What happens if we detect alien life?

Galaxies, Milky Way, Science

How we found the Milky Way’s bar: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher