Astrophysicists have recently discovered something that has left them completely baffled. Something is causing massive bullet ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

Ursa Major III/Unions 1 (UMa3/U1), the faintest known satellite of our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more ...

The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilization would ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not collide. Collision probability depends on the inclusion of nearby galaxies in calculations. Current measurements of galaxy masses have significant ...

"This discovery mainly opens up a new pathway to studying brown dwarfs that are in remote regions of the Milky Way. If they get thrown at us, it's much easier!"" When you purchase through links on our ...

Astronomers are homing in on the source of the "break" in this light-years-long filament near the galaxy's center. Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that ...

Gaia's data has revolutionized our understanding of the Milky Way's history, providing a three-dimensional map of nearly 2 billion objects, revealing a more violent and dynamic past than previously ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed. When you purchase through ...

September is the Autumnal Equinox — the beginning of fall — in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s a look at “What’s up in the sky” in the D.C. region this month.

“Tololo Lunar Eclipse Sky.” Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile. On March 14, 2025, a total lunar eclipse occurred, especially visible over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean. I was fortunate to observe ...