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The Milky Way may have devoured another galaxy named Loki, and astronomers think they've found its remains

Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that eventually became part of our Milky Way.

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"I spent 10 days traveling through Botswana, living out of my car and moving through remote desert landscapes in complete isolation, focused entirely on photographing the night sky"

Armed with an astro-modified DSLR camera, this photographer crossed remote salt pans and captured ancient boabab trees beneath the Milky Way

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New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars

See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May's new moon.

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The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bones

Astronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago.

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'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.

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Astrophotography in May 2026: get your camera ready to photograph meteors, the Milky Way, and two full moons this month

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

Digital Camera World

Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way's core — and astronomers don't know why

Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.

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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae – clouds of interstellar dust and gas – hundreds or thousands of light-years away, or in galaxies beyond the far reaches of the Milky Way.

The Conversation

Astronomers just mapped one of the largest structures in the universe, long hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance'

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the universe.

LiveScience

These 'interstellar glaciers' could give water to young star systems. Could they support alien life, too?

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope reveals widespread water ice in Cygnus X, showing how dust shields molecules in star-forming regions across the Milky Way.

Space

'Dark subhaloes' may explain why galaxies seem to form pre-determined shapes

Our universe is full of mysteries, but few are as perplexing as the dark, tiny galaxies that hover around larger ones like the Milky Way.

Space

Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon' — Space photo of the week

The largest 3D map of the universe, created with data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail.

LiveScience

This may be the daughter of one of our universe's 1st stars. Scientists call it an 'ancient immigrant'

The star is escaping the Large Magellanic Cloud for the Milky Way.

Space

Artemis 2 astronauts spy the Milky Way | Space photo of the day for April 8, 2026

The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way's stars are concentrated.

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Dozens of hidden star streams found in the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers discovered dozens of stellar streams in the Milky Way using Gaia data, offering new clues about galaxy formation and dark matter.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist

Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself.

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Where are the top places for stargazing and starbathing in Europe?

Ahead of International Dark Sky Week in April, here are some of the best locations in Europe to see the stars.

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A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago.

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A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

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3I/ATLAS Update: Harvard Expert Claims 'Alien Spaceship' Is From Milky Way Disc

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely comes from the Milky Way's disc, as astronomers grapple with its bizarre chemistry and disputed age.

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Cosmic Hawk spreads its wings| Space photo of the day for March 6, 2026

The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image.

Euronews

New photo of the Milky Way 'window to understand how stars are formed'

The European Southern Observatory has published a spectacular photo of the central molecular zone of the Milky Way.

LiveScience

'Rare and enigmatic' structures found at the Milky Way's center in largest-ever map of its kind

Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The observations could open a window to the ancient universe as it appeared shortly after the Big Bang.

Space

World's largest radio telescope array pierces heart of our Milky Way: 'This is just the beginning'

Astronomers have dived into the turbulent and chaotic heart of the Milky Way, discovering hidden chemistry around our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

Space

The Milky Way may be hiding a big secret at its heart: an extremely magnetic dead star

Astronomers suspect the heart of the Milky Way may be hiding a big secret: a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic, neutron star-powered pulsar.

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