Arizona's dark skies are a haven for astronomers and photographers. Some communities are fighting to keep them that way.

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.

Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the ​​colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The supermassive black hole in the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, constantly emits flares like fireworks.

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other ...

Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to ... as shown in the photo above. A - Clusters bright blue stars embedded within the ...

Lynn’s Milky Way, a $60,000 yearling purchase at the 2023 Keeneland September sale, debuted at Gulfstream Nov. 22 with an ...