The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

For over a decade, scientists have waited for a glimpse beneath the cosmic dust veiling the galaxy. Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, they've unveiled over 1.5 billion ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Ten areas in the sky were selected as “deep fields” that the Dark Energy Camera imaged several times during the survey, ...

There’s a place in western North Carolina where the mountains ripple like waves on a blue-green ocean, where clouds cast dramatic shadows across ancient peaks, and where locals sometimes “accidentally ...

Wisconsin is an ideal place to travel this summer, with hikes, beaches, museums, and history sure to delight everyone in the family.

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

"Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs from February to October, according to Milky Way photography website Capture the Atlas.