New radio images reveal an unusually faint and symmetrical supernova remnant, nicknamed Telios, lurking just below the galactic plane of the Milky Way. However, they cannot tell exactly where it is, ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Check out the winners of this year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest – and learn more about shooting the Milky Way ...

Dubai: The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has just published the 8th edition of its annual Milky Way Photographer ...

The winners of the 8th edition of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest have been announced, with winning images ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the ...

India’s Kutch region offers a combination of unique landscapes and dark skies.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the ...

When the stars align, about eight months out of the year, the Milky Way and its 100 billion stars can be seen in some form.

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

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

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an ...