There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

"Once you do, it's just spectacular," said Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky ...

With astrotourism on the rise, the Hipcamp Awards this year includes a category for campsites with dark skies. Here are the ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby galaxy.

The center of our galaxy is visible overnight on summer evenings, just off the tip of the Sagittarius Teapot’s spout in the ...

Researchers may have found our galaxy's missing companions, further bolstering science's most widely accepted cosmological ...

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

Photographer Ben Alldridge used specialized UV-sensitive techniques to capture an image of the Eastern Quoll biofluorescing ...

Scientists have detected the collision of two massive black holes merging beyond the Milky Way. The two black holes, each ...

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.