Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

A massive, rotating disk galaxy designated DLA0817g and nicknamed the "Wolfe Disk," formed just 1.5 billion years after the ...

A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

A surprising new look at the Milky Way has scientists rethinking everything we thought we knew about our home galaxy. Thanks ...

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...