When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Astronomers capture the universe’s brightest era, revealing when galaxies like the Milky Way first formed and began to shine.

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

June sky shows planets before sunrise, Mars near Regulus, the glowing Milky Way, and the solstice with shifting daylight hours.

Scientists have discovered a perfectly spherical object named Teleios in the Milky Way, emitting only radio signals. This ...

(CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor ... The fate of the sun may have a bigger impact on Earth’s future than the motions of galaxies, according to the ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.

The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the ...

This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial tipping point.

For years, astronomers have believed that the fate of the Milky Way was tied to our largest ... Wheatley (STScI), and Z. Levay (background image) But unlike the previous research that has looked ...

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year ...