A Milky Way Photography Workshop will be held Friday at Fort Griffin State Historic Site. Fort Griffin is one of the darkest ...

This week, marvel at a new portrait of our galaxy, explore an octopus nursery, fend off summer’s mosquitoes, spy a doughnut-shaped rock on Mars, and more.

Representations of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut on 3,000-year-old coffins shows evidence of the galaxy being accurately represented.

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on Aug. 23.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The universe is filled with infinite mysteries, and scientists are tackling them, one celestial puzzle at a time. A multitude of experiments were aboard Virgin ...