This stunning time-lapse video of the Milky Way was captured at the Florida Keys in Bahia Honda on Feb. 26. Our home galaxy ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way from the ISS, highlighting the stunning view of our galaxy ... Apart from taking amazing photos of the universe, Pettit ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of our galaxy at around 500 kilometres per second, giving astronomers ...

The Milky Way is one of the biggest in the observable universe: Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take 100 ...

Using the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National ...

These stars are actually located in our own Milky Way galaxy and lie between the telescope's line of sight and NGC 2283.

Scientists have uncovered “Quipu,” the largest known galactic structure, stretching 1.4 billion light-years. This discovery ...

NGC 5042 is a breathtaking spiral galaxy showcasing a brilliant mix of ancient stars, young blue clusters, and vibrant pink H ...

Douglas Adams's epic series of comic novels, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is loved by scientists ... similar guidebook to the whole of the Milky Way. By 1977, Adams had written for ...

The object, with a mass of approximately 13 times that of Jupiter, is only 20 light-years away in the Milky Way. But while reasonably compact, SIMP 0136 does not revolve around a star, and a ...