In 1669, in what has been considered the volcano’s worst known eruption, lava buried a swath of Catania, about 23 kilometers ...

Most of the time, astronomers use high-tech telescopes and expensive equipment to make observations. This time, they just had ...

The long-proposed Milky Way and Andromeda galactic merger might not be as certain as astronomers previously believed.

New research shows that there's a 50% chance that the Milky Way and its nearest major galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

"As it stands, proclamations of the impending demise of our Galaxy seem greatly exaggerated." That's the conclusion ...