Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

The Milky Way Galaxy Nestled in the heart of Namibia, the NamibRand Nature Reserve offers an unparalleled view of the Milky ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

The Milky Way is one of the biggest in the observable universe: Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take 100,000 years to go from one end of our home galaxy to the other.

Nestled in the remote highlands of Potter County, Cherry Springs State Park offers something increasingly rare in our modern world – a chance to see the night sky as our ancestors did, ablaze with ...

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...

JWST images reveal galaxy rotation patterns that challenge the Big Bang model. Could the universe be spinning?

When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and ...