Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

At the core of the galaxy, about 26,000 light-years away in space, is Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole about 4 ...

An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using ...

The Solar System, home to Earth and countless other fascinating planets and moons, exists within the Milky Way galaxy. But ...

Astronomers have identified a vast, previously unknown structure in our galaxy that could change how scientists understand ...

This photo taken on July 22, 2025 shows the Milky Way in Jiangwan Town of the Mongolian Autonomous County of Dorbod in Daqing ...

Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding ...

The Milky Way Adventure Park is number 17 in the world and number seven in Europe in the 'Amusement and Water Parks' ...

Perseus Moving Group, also known as the Alpha Persei Cluster, is a cluster of 500 stars, offering a glimpse of our Sun’s ...

Though it appears as a softly glowing cloud against the darker sky, what we see is so much more remarkable. This is the rim of our galaxy’s disk arching across the sky. Its hazy appearance, of course, ...

Anyone trotting out the well-worn "it’s been a long day" line on July 22 might end up having to rephrase, as Earth is set for ...

Columnist Justice B. Hill remembers the magic of starry nights from his youth and mourns how light and air pollution have ...