Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

Other good stops for stargazing are on Palomar Mountain, “especially going down East Grade Road and overlooking Lake Henshaw.

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, ...

The center of the Milky Way, which Dyches refers to as "the core," became visible in June and is expected to shine every ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is the latest in a series of stunning cosmic phenomena that should be visible in August across the United States.

A cone of zodiacal light intersects the iconic Milky Way, creating an x-shape in the night sky. NOIRLab highlighted this ...

In fact, it turns out that worlds such as Iceheim may be quite common in our galaxy. We can understand this by thinking about the way that planets formed in our solar system.

The Milky Way is not just a band of stars stretching across the night sky; it's a massive, dynamic galaxy spanning over 200,000 light-years and containing hundreds of billions of stars, planets ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars.