The accidental second discovery was made in the 1960s. At the time NASA was running Project Echo. This involved putting large ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope will explore the universe's origins, map galaxies, and search for water in the Milky Way.

Unlike the typical blue-and-green depiction of Earth, this photo shows the planet in a mossy green hue, framed by a thin ...

Scientists have uncovered “Quipu,” the largest known galactic structure, stretching 1.4 billion light-years. This discovery ...

The $488-million mission is set to map the sky in 102 colors of light, probing cosmic inflation, galactic ices, and the history of the universe’s first light.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...

Astronomers believe they've discovered a spiral structure inside the Oort cloud that surrounds our solar system.

Nevada is one of very few places left in the country where there is so little artificial light the Milky Way is visible to ...

If last year whet your eclipse appetite, get excited for the night skies this month. Mid-March will bring a total lunar ...