Every year, the Capture the Atlas Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest brings together some of the most striking night ...

Milky Way photography goes beyond capturing the stars. It becomes a way to explore remote environments, challenge physical ...

Spread the loveThe vast expanse of our universe has always captivated humanity’s imagination, and the Milky Way is no exception. With its glittering stars and captivating celestial phenomena, we are ...

A record-breaking 3D map of the universe is now complete, giving scientists a new way to study dark energy. The massive ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe. At double the width of our ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ...

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about 13.6 billion years old, as a new analysis suggests, then the universe ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

A two-year NASA mission is using research from a University of Arizona team to discover the origins of the Milky Way and the universe. SPHEREx, or Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, ...