In a dazzling leap for cosmic cartography, astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have unveiled the most detailed low-frequency radio color image of the Milky ...

The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen from ESO’s ...

Astronomers have unveiled the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever created, offering a sprawling, ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

The Milky Way galaxy, comprised of billions of stars, will be visible in the night sky until the end of May, particularly between the last quarter moon (May 20) and the new moon (May 30). Light ...

Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. The star-formation region that is ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

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 ...

Stargazing North Carolinians are in luck this month – one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena will be visible soon. During May 2025, the Milky Way, our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning ...

Jordi L. Coy from Seville, Spain The Milky Way lies above petroglyphs in Chile’s Valle del Encanto, carved a millennium ago ...

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It seems like ...