There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.

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

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history ...

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

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...

Billions of stars that make up the Milky Way are at peak visibility to the naked eye in the US – but not for long. The large ...

Galactic bones, filaments of radio-wave-emitting particles, run through our galaxy, and one of them has a fracture. New ...

The peak period to view the Milky Way will be from Tuesday, May 20, to Friday, May 30. "The galaxy's bright core becomes ...

A massive barred spiral galaxy from the early Universe has stunned astronomers by forming stars at 300 times the rate of the ...

Want a glimpse of the vast cosmos? Tennesseans should keep an eye on the night sky to see the Milky Way in May.

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...