The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, which we see edge-on from our perspective on Earth, cuts a luminous swath across the image. The projection used in GigaGalaxy Zoom place the viewer in front of ...

This panorama started with the Panchromatic Hubble ... of Andromeda's merger history and disk evolution. Though the Milky Way and Andromeda formed presumably around the same time many billions ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

It took Finnish photographer JP Metsavainio 12 years and 1,200 hours of exposure to create this panorama of the Milky Way. Not only did he capture the entire galaxy, but also 20 million stars that ...