The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our ...

Memorial day weekend promises stunning space views. Here’s how to catch a breathtaking view of the Milky Way in Arizona this ...

The billions of stars making up the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers saw the distant galactic neighbors charging toward each other at more than 1.1 million miles per hour.

Astronomers have identified an extraordinary cosmic pattern in our celestial neighborhood: a stream of dwarf galaxies ...

Using observations made with the Very Large Telescope and the ALMA telescope in Chile, the astronomers determined that the ...

The record-breaking galaxy is revealing secrets about the first stars and their unexpected chemical fingerprints.

While the Milky Way is technically visible year-round, certain times offer better viewing opportunities — especially for stargazers hoping to catch a clear glimpse of the galaxy’s dense, starry band.

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...