Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail ...

In the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, there is beauty in chaos. There dense clouds of dust and spindly filaments of cold molecular gas, the basic matter from which stars form, encircle the galaxy’s ...

What: Researchers report the possible discovery of a millisecond pulsar near the Galactic Center using data from the ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured views of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud with its NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Ginsburg ...

Northern Hemisphere skywatchers now have their annual window to observe the Milky Way’s luminous core, a seasonal stretch that runs from March through October but peaks in intensity during the summer ...

A mysterious region near the center of the Milky Way has captured the attention of astronomers. Known as Sagittarius C, this strange place holds thousands of newborn stars, huge clouds of gas, and ...

Stars, gas and cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud glow in near-infrared light, captured by Webb’s NIRCam instrument. The darkest areas of the image are not empty space but are areas ...

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

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole. One of the brightest parts of the Milky Way band crosses Sagittarius the archer ...

Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...