Want to see the Andromeda Galaxy? Read on to learn how you can spot it and what are the ways to do so for you.

The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is a vast and mysterious system brimming with stars, planets, dust, and cosmic wonders. For centuries, humans could only admire its hazy band across the night sky, but ...

The most energetic events in the universe are gamma ray bursts, beams of radiation so intense they could wipe out all life on ...

Physicists predict the universe’s expansion will reverse, ending in a dramatic big crunch about 20 billion years from now.

Catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy as it hangs high in the October night sky. Late October presents a perfect ...

The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the galaxy’s disc, an echo of something mysterious in our galaxy’s ancient past.

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait. Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a stunning image of our neighboring spiral galaxy, Andromeda, ...

Florida is home to three listed "dark sky" locations that may offer the best views of the Milky Way's galactic center. The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than ...