( Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Ph.D student Serikbek Sailanbek from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese ...

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 ...

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

Deciphering the universe’s secrets is partly done through observation, but just as important are solid models of the forces ...

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

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

An international team of scientists has discovered an almost perfectly spherical object in the Milky Way, named Teleios, ...

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 ...