Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Contributing editor Jim Richardson is a photojournalist recognized for his explorations of small-town life. His photos appear frequently ... sight to see, the Milky Way stretching across the ...

The image shows the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy about 26,000 light-years away.

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) just released some of the most complete and detailed images of the Milky Way and they're absolutely ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

"Due to its remoteness, this natural stone chamber provides some of the clearest, most pristine views of the Milky Way," photographer Spencer Welling wrote in his caption of the photo. Utah's ...

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new ... Imagine a group photo of over three billion people and every single individual is recognizable ...

The galactic centre area of the Milky Way in Sagittarius behind the grand old barn near home in ... [+] southern Alberta, on June 30, 2019. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky Way’s closest neighbour ... Here are some of the best pictures from space in 2022. Sagittarius A* possesses 4 million times the mass of our sun and is located ...