Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark, central region (the black hole's shadow) surrounded by a bright ring of light (called the accretion ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

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Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new ... Imagine a group photo of over three billion people and every single individual is recognizable ...

A "hauntingly beautiful" photograph of the Milky Way above the ruins of a Tudor mansion ... "It's a great little chocolate box photo of the South Downs." Andrew Parker/South Downs National Park ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

According to the researchers, it’s like finding the Milky Way’s childhood photo album, as PanGu shows what our galaxy was like in its early days and helps us understand how it has grown and evolved ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history. It did not grow though simple and calm accretion, but rather through the aggressive mergers of multiple smaller galaxies. Recently, a team of ...

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Light pollution can obstruct your view of catching spectacular cosmic sights like meteor showers, distant planets, the Milky Way galaxy, and this month's comet — Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...