Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The best chance for seeing the Milky Way this month will come around Memorial Day weekend in Illinois, according to experts - ...

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...

Why it's so special: What if a galaxy had only one spiral arm? Our solar system resides on the outskirts of one of the Milky ...

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit.

Many never witness this wonder. About one-third of people, including 80% of Americans, can’t see the Milky Way at all. The ...

Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way galaxy ... symbolizing the solar cycle. Nut is often covered in stars ...

(The Columbian files) Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something ... only about 1,000 light-years wide. Our solar system and our Earth are embedded in one arm ...