Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

Until now, thin and thick disks have only been identified in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies. It has been impossible with previous telescopes to distinguish the thin edge of a distant galaxy when ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, ...

Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

How many planets occupy the galaxy far, far away where the dark and light sides of the Force have been striving against each ...

Giant Molecular Cloud Discovered in Milky Way Galaxy Baffles Experts A massive discovery from the Milky Way Galaxy can provide researchers with more insights regarding the star formation process. The ...

As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the Milky Way each ...