The billions of stars that make up our galaxy known as the Milky Way should be visible in late May.

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, ...

The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous 'Summer Triangle' asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing ...

The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (...OK, about 2.5 million light-years beyond) our galaxy, the Milky Way. For the past hundred years or so, scientists thought these galaxies existed in a long ...

The Milky Way is most visible with the naked eye in the late summer, while Earth is positioned with a perfect view of the center of the galaxy.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of ...

The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual pulses.

The Milky Way formed around 13.5 billion years ago, but it’s not possible to travel back in time to see exactly how it happened. Studies of the Galaxy’s ancient stars 1 offer some clues, as do ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.