The Milky Way was once a textbook example of how a spiral galaxy should form and evolve. Now a wave of new observations and ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

The best time to view the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way, our home galaxy ...

Fireworks aren't the only thing illuminating the sky this month. July also presents the opportunity to catch a cosmic light show, when the Milky Way galaxy appears in the night sky. According to NASA, ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

How galaxies assemble their stars and grow over billions of years remains one of the central questions in astronomy. Recent ...

Get ready to look up — the Milky Way will be visible in Arizona’s night sky over Memorial Day weekend. This awe-inspiring sight is a massive spiral of stars, dust and gas stretching over 100,000 light ...

An MIT astronomy class has found three of the oldest stars in the universe lurking right outside the Milky Way. The stars, about 30,000 light-years from Earth, are in the galaxy's "halo," the cloud of ...

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir will present Under the Milky Way, a powerful celebration of Australian music that spans generations, genres, and stories at Petersham Town Hall on Saturday 31 May at 4pm and ...

See the rare moment as a seal poses amidst the Milky Way. — -- A photographer was taken by surprise during a routine session when a seal emerged from the darkness and made an unexpected ...