Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

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So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge of our galaxy's size, age, speed and more with the 15 ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear autumn night as ... This implies it has a more active recent star-formation and interaction history than the Milky Way. "Andromeda's a train ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But the solutions are ...

For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the Milky Way was the entire universe ... The more distant the star is, the fainter it appears. Hubble worked hard, taking images of spiral nebulae ...

With a nickname like Big Sky country, it's no surprise Montana is the ultimate destination for this year's celestial events, ...