Using deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, they observed a galaxy bearing a striking resemblance to our ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

If you've never gotten a good luck at the Milky Way galaxy, you'll have that opportunity on Fourth of July weekend. "The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," ...

Astrophysicists have recently discovered something that has left them completely baffled. Something is causing massive bullet ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers were hit Thursday (Dec. 3) with a huge wave of data from the European Space Agency's ...

A survey of 700,000 stars at the Milky Way's center suggests an outburst of star-forming activity 1 billion years ago. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

Sooner or later on any clear, dark night, an ethe­real band called the Milky Way arches across the sky. Although recognized since antiquity, philosophers and scientists could only guess at what it ...

Meet the Milky Way in its own words. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy takes a tour of our home in the cosmos from an unexpected perspective. Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier ...

I/ATLAS, the interstellar object discovered in 2025, reveals the estimated population, composition, and distribution of ...