New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

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

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

Clear, crisp nights have recently afforded us a fabulous view of the night sky. Interest in astronomy has increased in the last year with planet parades, northern lights, eclipses and comets. Thank yo ...

An artist's conception of a gas giant world (the large planet on the right ... located some 880 light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy. Attached to the telescope was an instrument called ...

Throughout February, these six planets may be seen across the sky ... show galaxy forming that is similar in mass to young Milky Way Nevertheless, these celestial events are relatively uncommon.

Astronomers from MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and other institutions have stumbled upon a truly bizarre planet—an enormous, airy giant orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way. Their ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter" — in 2016 ... located some 880 light-years away in the Milky Way galaxy. Attached to the telescope was an instrument called the ...

Tucked away in Santa Margarita, the Plain National Monument is a serene, otherworldly escape that remains one of the state’s ...