The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope was built to study dark matter and dark energy, but for one day last year, it captured the densely packed stars brightening the center of our galaxy ...

Euclid’s ultra-wide view of the galactic bulge captured more than just stars. The seemingly empty, dark patches in the image are dense, dust-rich molecular clouds that absorb and scatter light from ...

Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

No matter the time or vantage point, from a pre-Neolithic cave to a post-lockdown London high-rise, the predictability of the night sky has always been humanity's symbol of permanence and reassuring ...

The Milky Way galaxy's bright center is most visible in the United States from March to September. No special equipment is needed to see the galaxy, but dark skies away from city lights are essential.

(CNN) – Astronomers have discovered a rare family of six planets about 100 light years from Earth. The exo-planets are larger than the Earth but smaller than Neptune. The planets are in a ...

How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of ...

Fireworks may not be the only light show this July Fourth weekend. Here's how you can see the Milky Way this month across the ...

If a night under the stars sounds like your ideal Memorial Day weekend plan, this could be a better holiday than usual because the Milky Way will appear in the night sky. Visibility may be difficult ...

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for “uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy” was built through ...