Scientists have managed to calculate the mass using a new technique involving globular clusters.
The cloud of gas will trigger an explosion of star formation but will take 30 million years to get here.
A new study has opened up the possibility that the center of our galaxy is actually a massive wormhole.
A group of astronomers has estimated the number of habitable planets in our galaxy for the first time.
The European probe has embarked on an ambitious 5-year mission to map our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
In a world first, dung beetles are thought to use our own Milky Way galaxy to orient themselves.
How likely is it that we will find an advanced alien civilization within our own Milky Way galaxy ?
University of Zurich researchers have made the claim after building a simulation of the Milky Way.
NASA astronomers have announced that the nearest galaxy is on a collision course with our own.
Data from NASA's Kepler telescope suggests there are 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
The invisible 'Galaxy X' is thought to contain an overwhelming amount of dark matter.
A University student has discovered evidence of extrasolar planets outside of our own galaxy, up until now scientists ha...