the Milky Way can give you a general idea of the north-south axis. However, more precise navigational tools, such as Polaris, are more beneficial.Navigating by the stars requires practice and ...

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...

Scientists discovered the star SMSS1605-1443 in 2018. Upon discovery, they determined that it was perhaps one of the Milky Way’s oldest stars based on its chemical composition. However ...

The study measured where and how fast 77 of Andromeda’s compact star clusters—called globular clusters—are moving to work out where they came from. Even when the Milky Way and Andromeda ...