The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...

The Milky Way will be visible across the United States Memorial Day weekend. Here's the weather forecast for Oregon.

"Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs from February to October ...

Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible, it isn't always as bright and vibrant as it will be in coming days.

It looks like an alien world, or a floating snow globe suspended in space. But this perfect sphere, hiding in our Milky Way ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...

The discovery of 2017 OF201 is significant, as it challenges the hypothesis of Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet thought to ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

A team of international astronomers led by Richard Teague, the Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor in the Department of ...