The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 ...

Many never witness this wonder. About one-third of people, including 80% of Americans, can’t see the Milky Way at all. The ...

For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

During May 2025, the Milky Way, our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning ... You can use a light pollution map to help find darker spots that are better for ideal stargazing.

You can find the galaxy easily ... to see the Milky Way, you’ll need to be as far away from light pollution as possible, LiveScience.com says. You can use a light pollution map to help find ...

Instead of using thrusters, SPHEREx relies on a system of reaction wheels to control its orientation. The observatory will ...

The Milky Way is making its first major appearance of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s set to be visible across ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small ...