Because of light pollution, 80% of U.S. residents typically can’t see the Milky Way, according to LiveScience.com, a science news publication. The galaxy’s bright core will be easier to see and higher ...

Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss it.

The winners of the 8th edition of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest have been announced, with winning images ...

Astronomers have identified Zhúlóng, a spiral galaxy existing 12.8 billion years ago, using the James Webb Space Telescope.

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral ...

California stargazers will soon be able to witness a dazzling celestial sight composed of billions of stars. In late May, the ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 ...

Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward ...

It was so blatantly flawless, that scientists deemed it worthy of being called Teleios (they considered calling it Cue Ball, ...

The Milky Way Galaxy's magnetic turbulence stands revealed in an innovative new computer model describing the expanse between ...

When the stars align, about eight months out of the year, the Milky Way and its 100 billion stars can be seen in some form.

Advances in radio telescope technology are allowing astronomers to capture images of circular celestial objects never before ...