The orientation of these entities suggests there could be up to 500 similar stellar clusters circling the Milky Way, which is more than double previous estimates. Summer is the best time to see ...

An estimated 100 billion stars make up the Milky Way. Our home galaxy stretches 100,000 light-years across, an astounding size that can be difficult to fathom until you sit outside on a dark night ...

Our home galaxy might be larger than we first assumed, astronomers have found. A new model of the Milky Way has revealed that our galaxy is wider than we thought, according to a new paper in the ...

If you want to see the Milky Way, you’ll also need to move away from light pollution that is present in much of the U.S. (NewsNation) — This summer, you can gaze at the Milky Way without the ...

The Drake Equation is a series of variables used to calculate the likelihood of other intelligent life in our galaxy, the Milky Way. For decades, astronomers have used the equation to estimate the ...

An artist’s impression of the Gaia spacecraft, the Milky Way in background. Illustration: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC. Acknowledgement: A. Moitinho. Evidence of the ...

Crater 2, located approximately 380,000 light years from Earth, is one of the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. Extremely cold and with slow-moving stars, Crater 2 has low surface ...

The Milky Way season is here! Michigan is home to several great locations that offer incredible views of the core of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Here is everything you need to know to see and ...

"We get wrinklier as we age, but our work reveals that the opposite is true for the Milky Way. It's a sort of cosmic Benjamin Button, getting less wrinkly over time." New findings from the Gaia ...

This insight could help scientists develop a better understanding of how spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way, Earth's home galaxy, formed over time. "Knowing when spiral galaxies formed in the ...

Freelance writer and photographer Daniel Eidsmoe captured a stunning timelapse view of the Milky Way over the Florida Keys Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Eidsmoe told Storyful that he filmed ...

Crater 2, located approximately 380,000 light years from Earth, is one of the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. Extremely cold and with slow-moving stars, Crater 2 has low surface ...