Jupiter is now well up in the east in the early evening, so we're now able to see the two brightest planets (Venus and ...

Bode's galaxy, which sits about 11.5 light-years away, can even be seen as a fuzzy blob through binoculars, according to BBC Sky at Night. With a telescope, you might even be able to see some blueish ...

The LMC is a dwarf galaxy, relatively close to the Earth (in galactic terms) at around 160,000 light years away. That may ...

Fall is an incredible time for amateur astronomers to get out there and look at the night sky. Some of the most recognizable and bright objects that can be seen in the night sky make their ...

ANSWER: Very big!! The Milky Way Galaxy is one of billions of galaxies in the known universe. The Milky Way is a spiral ...

The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

A team led by Dante Minniti and including Vatican Observatory scholars maps the Milky Way in stunning detail. Built from ...

Fall evenings are perfect for astrophotography because the cool weather keeps those pesky mosquitoes away, which gives me ...

To the naked eye, the Milky Way (the Vía Láctea) is a path of pale white light seen to span the night sky—at least if the viewer ... hyper-velocity stars found at the heart of our galaxy that are ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

Stargazing has got to be the easiest hobby in the galaxy. All you have to do is get somewhere really dark, away from any light pollution and look up at a clear night sky. While simply staring up at ...