For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and ...

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in ...

The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual ...

Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...

Another line of evidence comes from stellar streams—remnants of small galaxies and star clusters that got too close to the Milky Way and were shredded by its gravity. These stellar streams arc ...

cloudy-like arc across the sky. Areas with incredibly dark skies, especially out west, will likely see shadows at night from how bright the Milky Way can be. If you’re trying to capture pictures ...

Last winter, I ventured to the foot of a medieval castle in France to capture the Milky Way’s “winter” arc. Alongside the stunning celestial vault, an exceptional airglow illuminated the sky ...

Polish astrophotographer Marcin Rosadziński has been named Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025 for an image capturing the ...

As if taken in the center of a bubble, this panoramic image captures the entire arc of the Milky Way alongside a stunning airglow that lights up the night sky in the southwest of France.

Al Jarwan explained that the Milky Way is an arc of stars extending from the northeast to the southwest. The part between the Scorpius and Sagittarius constellations is the densest, as the galaxy ...

The bright band of the Milky Way is about to make its first great appearance of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. There are few more impressive sights than the arc of the Milky Way spanning the ...