"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

For over a decade, scientists have waited for a glimpse beneath the cosmic dust veiling the galaxy. Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, they've unveiled over 1.5 billion ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...

While the Triangulum galaxy’s gravitational influence conspired to bring the Milky Way and Andromeda together, the LMC had a repellent effect. And when all four danced together, the odds of an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...

June 18, 2025 Credit: DALLE. Scientists have created digital “twins” of our Milky Way galaxy to investigate one of the biggest puzzles in the universe: dark matter.