The peak period to view the Milky Way will be from Tuesday, May 20, to Friday, May 30. "The galaxy's bright core becomes ...

“It could be a representation of the Great Rift — the dark band of dust that cuts through the Milky Way’s bright band ... may have also wrapped them in a galaxy. Not as mere decoration ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study suggests. Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky ...