Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...

The center of our galaxy has long been a mystery, specifically because there is a massive cloud of dust and gas at the center ...

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the eighth edition of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the ...

The peak period to view the Milky Way will be from Tuesday, May 20, to Friday, May 30. "The galaxy's bright core becomes ...

It's hard to imagine that someday, the Milky Way galaxy will cease to exist. Looking up at the stars, it feels as though Earth, and even the solar system that it belongs to, is infinite.

Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question more than a decade ago. Commenced in 2013, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

And, if the timing is right, you might even see a hazy belt stretched across the sky—the starry, dusty core of our very own Milky Way galaxy. Right now is a peak time for United States-based ...

Lego The Milky Way Galaxy (3,091 pieces)-- $200 Lego NASA Artemis Space Launch System (3,601 pieces)-- $260 Just keep in mind these two sets are exclusive to the Lego Store, so you won't find them ...

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The two star-filled discs were strikingly similar to those located in the Milky Way galaxy. This revelation presented the astronomers with a rare opportunity to compare our own galaxy with its ...

We are not alone—at least as a galaxy. About 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way. But when its intense gravity inevitably draws them to venture too close, they will probably be annihilated.