Now here is the real trick. In order for the Milky Way to be sharp in the picture, the exposure can’t be any longer than about 90 seconds. (And that’s with a very wide 14mm lens.) Any longer ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

Astronomers have taken a close-up photo of a star outside our own galaxy, the Milky Way, for the first time ... to witness a star’s life in real time," said Gerd Weigelt, an astronomy professor ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted and "weighed" a baby Milky Way-like galaxy lurking in the early universe, using incredibly detailed images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

By that metric, the ESA’s Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy and has forced us to abandon old ideas and replace them with compelling ...

The core of the Milky ... Images) Step outside on a clear, moonless night, and you may catch a hazy ark of light stretching from horizon to horizon—the spiral arms of our own Milky Way galaxy.

Our solar system resides in a galaxy called the Milky Way, stuffed with between 100 billion and 400 billion other stars, many of them with planets of their own. The Milky Way got its name from the ...