Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year ...

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...

"Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs from February to October ...

Want a glimpse of the vast cosmos? Tennesseans should keep an eye on the night sky to see the Milky Way in May.

Capture the Atlas, the Milky Way photography site, says that Milky Way season goes from February to October and can be visible between midnight and 5 a.m. The moon, however, plays a role on when to ...

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected a "high-energy neutrino emission from within the Milky Way," according to AAAS. Credit: IceCube Collaboration/Science Communication Lab for SFB 1491 ...

Observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...

A research team led by Han Jinlin from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Also known as the enigmatic "hidden galaxy," IC 342 is a big barred spiral with low surface brightness in the constellation ...

BEIJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has discovered an extremely rare pulsar that gets partially blocked by its companion ...