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

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

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 ...

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...

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

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

Researchers discover high-velocity clouds in the nearby spiral galaxy M83. These clouds are moving at speeds significantly ...

Locations of HVCs. Multiple images like this, made by radioastronomy, allowed researchers to measure the velocities of small ...