Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides ...
The JWST's MIRI detected a flare in Sagittarius A*, revealing for the first time in mid-infrared how an explosion occurs near ...
Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...
Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.
First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the ...
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 ...
Alligator Alcatraz is causing light pollution in one of the first designated "dark skies" in the eastern United States.