The Milky Way is not just a band of stars stretching across the night sky; it's a massive, dynamic galaxy spanning over 200,000 light-years and containing hundreds of billions of stars, planets, and ...

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, says Abigail Beall ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

The researchers observed the Sculptor Galaxy for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the VLT to create the detailed map. They then stitched together over 100 ...

Astronomers have discovered that a distant giant planet, known as TOI-2109b, is in a dramatic death spiral, slowly falling toward its star in a fiery end that could help unlock secrets about how ...

Astronomers have tracked the deadly orbital decay of TOI-2109b — a massive gas giant orbiting its star in just 16 hours. The planet is spiraling inward and may soon be torn apart, offering a rare ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor.

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...