If skies are clear tonight, there’s something worth looking up for.

As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.

Summer stargazing begins with some spectacular sights, including the hyped conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, which get close enough to view together via binoculars.

Billions of years ago, the Milky Way endured a violent merger that reshaped its structure and sent stars careening into ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression of the warped disk of the Milky Way, surrounded by a slightly flattened dark matter halo. | Credit: Kaiyuan ...

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An unusual collection of stars may represent the remnants of a dwarf galaxy that the Milky Way devoured about 10 billion years ago. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A panoramic image of the Milky Way over the fromations of ...

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several very different evolutionary events. Bursts of star ...