The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen from ESO’s ...

The Milky Way galaxy, comprised of billions of stars, will be visible in the night sky until the end of May, particularly between the last quarter moon (May 20) and the new moon (May 30). Light ...

The best time to view the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way, our home galaxy ...

A new image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiraling from its edge," ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. The star-formation region that is ...

DC Comics' Scarlet Speedster the Flash could have some cosmic competition in the form of six newly discovered runaway stars racing through the Milky Way. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is a magnificent spiral galaxy with a disc of stars spanning over 100,000 light-years, according to NASA reports. Earth is located within one of its spiral arms, about ...

The SAGA Survey just published three new research articles that provide us with new insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy after completing the census of 101 satellite systems ...

How galaxies assemble their stars and grow over billions of years remains one of the central questions in astronomy. Recent ...

The universe is filled with immense structures of mind-crushing proportions. They wield energies that vastly exceed our most fevered dreams. Yet from Earth these configurations can barely be seen at ...