With summer soon approaching, the Milky Way will become more visible in May, especially as the new moon makes the skies dark.

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

Illinois residents will soon get the chance to see the bright band of the Milky Way Galaxy, which isn’t usually very visible ...

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral ...

Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward ...

Stunning in its own right, our galaxy is ever more dazzling in the images topping the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year ...

The Dusty Hand spans some 80,000 light-years across, making it somewhat smaller than the Milky Way, and has sported two ...

The winners of the 8th edition of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest have been announced, with winning images ...

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

California stargazers will soon be able to witness a dazzling celestial sight composed of billions of stars. In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night ...

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