Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

Globular cluster in Dorado: This 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and a birthplace for billions of stars.

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

A relatively small addition to the v6.13 Linux kernel could trim data center costs by optimizing how data is delivered to an application based on network traffic conditions. Half of organizations ...

So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge of our galaxy's size, age, speed and more with the 15 questions below. Remember to log in to put your name on the leaderboard and ...

They are indeed related – born of the same primordial gas cloud. To the unaided eye, only six of the stars are usually apparent, including their parents Atlas and Pleione huddled together at the ...