In 2016, researchers discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies in the constellation of Vela that had been hiding in ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

The Milky Way may not have a sharp edge, but scientists have now found where its star-forming activity largely comes to an ...

What's at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and what would be different if Earth was positioned there?

"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the US is generally from March to September.

The Milky Way is at least 100,000 light-years across, but the new results suggest that the galaxy's star formation takes ...