When looking up at the sky, you might think galaxies have always looked the way they do today. But a new study from Princeton ...

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic time to 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...

Unusually fast-moving gas clouds near a nearby galaxy suggest they may have come from outside the galaxy. Scientists have ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

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

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

A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...

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

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