The Gaia space observatory helped astronomers chart 4,000 light-years worth of our home galaxy.

NASA's James Webb Telescope recently got a front-row seat to some incredible stellar fireworks on the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy. The eruption of gases from a stellar jet in a ...

Using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space telescope, scientists have created the most precise three-dimensional map of star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. This map will ...

You can emulate his feat simply with the power of a pair of binoculars: sweep along the Milky Way, and you’ll see not just ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is a large star-forming region. It contains a young star cluster (Melotte 15). The nebula is about 7,500 light-years away and over 300 light-years across. Viewing requires a ...

Maffei 1 and 2 are two galaxies relatively close to our Milky Way. These galaxies were discovered in 1967 due to their infrared light. They belong to the IC 342/Maffei Group, a galaxy group near our ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...