This NASA/ESA Hubble image features NGC 4423, a spiral galaxy located 55 million light-years away in the Virgo constellation. Though it has an unusual, tube-like shape, it is still classified as a ...

Astronomers discovered the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy, located 200,000 light-years away, has stars moving in two opposing ...

Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were ...

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our ...

Memorial day weekend promises stunning space views. Here’s how to catch a breathtaking view of the Milky Way in Arizona this ...

The billions of stars making up the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the ...

Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers saw the distant galactic neighbors charging toward each other at more than 1.1 million miles per hour.

Using observations made with the Very Large Telescope and the ALMA telescope in Chile, the astronomers determined that the ...

While the Milky Way is technically visible year-round, certain times offer better viewing opportunities — especially for stargazers hoping to catch a clear glimpse of the galaxy’s dense, starry band.

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...