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Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

When looking up at the sky, you might think galaxies have always looked the way they do today. But a new study from Princeton ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

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The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly?

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

Are we living in a cosmic void? New theory suggests our galaxy sits in a giant hole warping the universe's expansion.