India offers some spectacular opportunities for stargazing; one can witness the night sky with minimal pollution and dotted ...

Astronomers have identified a vast, previously unknown structure in our galaxy that could change how scientists understand ...

The aerial shot, Bird's Eye View of the Hunt, earned Mark Ian Cook the title Mangrove Photographer of the Year. The image ...

Summer is the best time to see the Milky Way! Here's how to find dark skies, adjust your eyes, and catch our galaxy's glowing ...

Columnist Justice B. Hill remembers the magic of starry nights from his youth and mourns how light and air pollution have ...

The term for this gruesome process is actually " spaghettification ," according to NASA, inspired by Stephen Hawking's book, ...

Perseus Moving Group, also known as the Alpha Persei Cluster, is a cluster of 500 stars, offering a glimpse of our Sun’s ...

Discover why Big Bend National Park is a top destination for stargazing, with clear skies and stunning Milky Way views.

At the core of the galaxy, about 26,000 light-years away in space, is Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole about 4 ...

Maffei 1 and 2 are faint, dust-obscured galaxies near the Milky Way—discovered in 1967 and challenging targets for deep-sky ...

An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using ...

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.