The Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the universe and home to our own solar system. It appears as a hazy band in the sky when viewed from Earth.

The Milky Way bar is a classic - you've probably had a few in your time. But where did it all start? To answer that, we have ...

The Milky Way got its name from the way it looks from the ground: like a streak of spilt milk across the sky. That hazy white band is made up of stars, dust and gas. It looks like a flat stripe ...

What is our galaxy, the Milky Way, made of? Well, that is a really good question. I suppose the obvious answer, and it's right in part, is stars - some smaller than the sun and some bigger than ...

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise ...