Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...

Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...

Summer’s brightest stars appear, echoing these Earth-bound lights, beginning around 9:20 p.m. through mid-month.

Astronomers Discover 'Cosmic Fossil' Galaxy That Remained 'Frozen in Time' for Billions of Years in Space Fossils are a great ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

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

Unlike many environmental challenges we face, light pollution has a straightforward solution, Princia.org’s Rushil Kukreja ...

This bright core — the center of the galaxy — is the brightest and most impressive part of the Milky Way. It's home to many nebulae and star clusters that look fabulous in binoculars.

COZMIC clones of the Milky Way Each COZMIC (COZMIC I, COZMIC II, and COZMIC III) run starts with the same early‑ universe snapshot but tweaks the way invisible particles behave. Instead of a single ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...