Every new generation of eyes sees a new version of our galaxy, the Milky Way. This Impressionistic swirl of color represents the churning magnetic fields in giant dust clouds near the center of the ...

The first official image from the Vera Rubin Observatory has revealed a ghostly river of stars stretching farther than our ...

See the rare moment as a seal poses amidst the Milky Way. — -- A photographer was taken by surprise during a routine session when a seal emerged from the darkness and made an unexpected ...

An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. These one-dimensional cosmic threads are hundreds of horizontal or ...

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 ...

Stargazing North Carolinians are in luck this month – one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena will be visible soon. During May 2025, the Milky Way, our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning ...

Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.

The Milky Way's core will be visible to stargazers in the southern hemisphere, including Tennessee, this month and throughout August. No special equipment is needed to view the galaxy, just a dark sky ...

The discovery of phosphorus in a cloud at the edge of the Milky Way has extended the region in our galaxy where life might be found. Phosphorus is one of six essential elements for life on Earth, ...

Here’s your best chance at catching a glimpse of the Milky Way this month from Kansas, including the upcoming weather forecast. Ryan Michalesko TNS Kansas residents will soon get the chance to see the ...