There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

"Once you do, it's just spectacular," said Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky ...

The center of our galaxy is visible overnight on summer evenings, just off the tip of the Sagittarius Teapot’s spout in the ...

NGC 1786’s mixed-age stars suggest globular clusters aren’t one-generation wonders, offering fresh clues to galaxy formation far beyond the Milky Way.

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby galaxy.

SCIENTISTS have discovered the biggest black hole merger ever recorded, as two massive spacetime ripples spiral into each ...

The community of St. Martins, N.B., is reaching for the sky, literally, as it works to complete a corridor with the world’s highest concentration of dark sky sites.

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: ...

While astronomers expect many supernova remnants remain to be discovered, the fact that Teleios was spotted at all “is pure luck,” Filipović says. Had it been located closer to the galactic plane, ...

The largest ever collision of black holes has been recorded by scientist leading them to question previous models about how they form. The two black holes collided on the edge of the milky way and ...