At the American Museum of Natural History here in New York, I had the pleasure of experiencing both at the same time.

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe’s history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way – a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars ...

With summer soon approaching, the Milky Way will become more visible in May Getty If you’ve ever wanted to see the Milky Way with your own eyes, now’s your chance! There’s something truly ...

A Class 9 sky, clogged by light pollution, will only display the moon and a smattering of the brightest planets and stars. A Class 1 sky, on the other hand, will show everything the sky has to offer, ...

and only the brightest stars and planets are brilliant enough to see in bright, urban skies,” the federal space agency said. The Milky Way lights up the sky in August 2016 near wind mills north ...

ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- Central Minnesota is well represented among this year's finalists for Princess Kay of the Milky Way. This past weekend, dairy princesses from across Minnesota gathered in ...

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When they consolidate themselves together under gravitational attraction, however, the way planets, stars and galaxies do, the information gets compacted and more manageable. In simulations, that’s ...

PLATO’s goal is to detect Earth-like planets in the Milky Way orbiting Sun-like stars – and even possessing conditions suitable for life. Instead of a single telescope with a large primary mirror and ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit. House ...