Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...

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 ...

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

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Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

The 2025 edition of the Milky Way photographer of the year contest has unveiled a remarkable gallery of night sky images that transport viewers deep into the cosmos. Among the striking entries is ...

July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...

The Milky Way’s disk is around 120,000 light-years across and has at least 100 billion and maybe 400 billion stars. Such ambiguity is normal for astronomy, but it’s also a symptom of galactic ...

Summer is the best time to see the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere without a telescope. The key is to find clear, dark skies on moonless nights. When you purchase through links on our site ...

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