When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op. Milky Way season, when the galaxy's bright ...

This week, we present three dazzling astrophysical images from three different observatories, along with two pictures of Mars ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spent three years observing remote galaxies, black holes and distant planets, but its latest discovery was a little bit closer to home. A team of NASA astronomers ...

The heart of our galaxy is serving up cosmic pyrotechnics like never before. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is giving a ceaseless "fireworks" extravaganza visible around ...

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Scientists announced Thursday that they had taken the first zoomed-in image of a dying star outside of the Milky Way galaxy. The star is located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, ...

The image shows only a fraction of the young stars that exist in this region. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new view from the ...

Researchers combined artificial intelligence (AI) with high-resolution physics to create the first Milky Way model that ...

Can you see the Milky Way galaxy from Earth? Yes! And as stargazers and skywatchers know, it’s a stunning sight to see. Comprised of billions of stars, the Milky Way galaxy got its name because from ...