The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...

From end to end, the Milky Way's starry disk, observable with the naked eye and through optical telescopes, spans 120,000 light-years. Encircling it is another disk, composed mostly of hydrogen ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park ...

Clearly, the Andromeda Nebula was a system of stars quite separate from the Milky Way, and in many ways comparable to it. From this simple observation, soon repeated for other starry nebulae ...

The Taurid meteor shower is about to reach its peak tonight across the UK, with the coming days expected to produce some ...

The starry night sky can be viewed clearly from across the Atlantic Ocean ... This quiet corner of the state sees little light pollution and mostly cloudless nights, making spotting the Milky Way from ...

The narrow wedge of the zodiacal light (left) reaches nearly to the Milky Way (right) on Nov. 1 from near Kenton, Oklahoma. The zodiacal light stands high in the eastern sky this time of year but ...

India is home to some seriously stunning spots that will totally wow you with their starry night views. Here are the must-see ...

The Milky Way, the Big Dipper and Polaris the north ... a cross-shaped monument stands out against the backdrop of a starry sky. Commonly known as Julia's Cross, it was installed in tribute ...