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

Kerala-based Navaneeth Unnikrishnan, who describes himself as a "self taught photographer" turned his obsession with the night sky into a project that has lasted three years and counting ...

Explore the breathtaking beauty of the Milky Way through stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, revealing ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

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

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

The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over ... (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Step outside on a clear, moonless night, and you may catch ...

Shane Turgeon says he's been chasing the light ever since he had a nervous breakdown in 2012."It scared the hell out of me, ...

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

Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic collision. NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...