The Milky Way has just been reconstructed in unprecedented detail, with artificial intelligence helping astronomers track the ...

Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

Get ready to look up — the Milky Way will be visible in Arizona’s night sky over Memorial Day weekend. This awe-inspiring sight is a massive spiral of stars, dust and gas stretching over 100,000 light ...

Scientists have made the first image of the Milky Way using neutrinos. The extremely low-mass subatomic particles have no electric charge, and pass easily through gas, dust and even stars on their way ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a fleeting, spectral flash from the Milky Way’s central black hole, a signal that ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

Summer stargazing season is in full swing, and the July night sky holds some great excuses to stay up late, including beautiful views of the Milky Way, the opportunity to see a “young” star, and early ...

An "arm" of our very own Milky Way galaxy may be particularly vibrant in the night sky soon. Our galaxy is comprised of billions of stars, including our own sun. However, the "milky" band of stars ...

For a brief and shining moment, this week’s lunar eclipse allowed a stunning view of our lovely home, the Milky Way galaxy. Video of the spectacular event was captured by the Gemini Observatory’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 ...

July is the best time of the year to view the Milky Way. Why? It’s because during this month, the side of the Earth that’s experiencing night is pointed directly at the heart of the galaxy, ...

The Milky Way is home to gas, dust, billions of stars, and a supermassive black hole at its center. Living in this galactic home gives us exclusive insight into its components, but it also hinders our ...