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It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...
"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...
Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.
Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.
New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...
Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...
Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...
A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...
Deep within the Milky Way’s core, researchers have uncovered cold gas clouds racing through a superheated galactic wind.
Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...
Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...
The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.