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

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.

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 ...

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It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers ...

The winners of the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest ... curates the annual list based on image quality, the story behind the shot and the overall inspiration it provides.

A galactic filament that stretches across 230 light-years in the Milky Way has ... to high energies due to a pulsar smashing into them. The pulsar can be seen in the image thanks to its X-ray ...

A new survey of such artwork suggests that they may have had a greater understanding of the Milky ... Way. He has linked a similar curve to art of the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni tribes. Our writers at ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way in shape ... "pure parallel," which allows it to collect high-quality images of one object whilst also collecting ...

Large spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are expected to take several ... parallel" mode—an efficient strategy to collect high-quality images while JWST's main instrument is taking data on ...

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way ... strategy to collect high-quality images while JWST’s main ...