Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

With more Dark Sky Places than anywhere else in the world, Utah’s high deserts are giving visitors front-row seats to the ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

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

Researchers have created digital copies of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to better understand one of the Universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter. These virtual twins are the result of the ...

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

Galaxies have an overall internal motion called disk velocity. It’s how gas, dust, and stars move around the galactic center.

Researchers have used machine learning to dramatically speed up the processing time when simulating galaxy evolution coupled with supernova explosion. This approach could help us understand the ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...