A distant galaxy nicknamed "Cosmic Grapes" is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more than expected — offering ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is the latest in a series of stunning cosmic phenomena that should be visible in August across the United States.

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." ...

In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These ...

Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you ...

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

The Milky Way got its name because from our perspective on Earth, it appears as a faint, milky band of light stretching across the sky. When is the best time to see it from Massachusetts?

This week in Skywatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius ...

Idaho stargazers can spot two meteor showers, a full moon and more in the sky in August. While the Perseids blaze their ...

A recent study led by Dilda Berdikhan, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese ...

Milky Way above Baiku Co in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Baiku Co, with a water area of ...