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

Bechtol and his fellow scientists hope they can learn more about the universe than all of scientific progress has allowed in ...

A top a mountain in Chile, where the days are dry and nights are clear, a team of scientists and engineers is preparing for ...

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 ...

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

Researchers say the signal originates from Relay 2, a communication satellite launched in 1964 and ceased functioning in 1967 ...