Montúfar used a wide-angle lens (f/2.8), an ISO of 3200, and a 10-second exposure to capture the light of the Milky Way and the light of the volcano at the same time. "Blossom" Photographer: Ethan Su ...

In Jewish tradition, the Milky Way is called “the River of Fire,” a term occurring both in its Hebrew form of nehar ha-esh and its Aramaic form of nehar di-nur. The Aramaic is older and is ...

Our host galaxy, the Milky Way, is a barred spiral galaxy seen as a band of light in the night sky. It stretches between 100, 000 and 120,000 light-years in diameter. It is estimated that the ...

The Milky Way is visible year-round in Arizona but a peak time is this weekend. Optimal viewing times are between midnight and 5 a.m., especially during a new moon. Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter ...

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

Scientists at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have used 60,000 neutrinos to create the first map of the Milky Way made with matter and not light. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Space Heart on fire: Our galaxy's black hole is set to blow. The dark monster at the centre of the Milky Way has been a gentle giant – but that could change this year as it gets its first meal ...

Photographer Miguel Clara captured this stunning image of the Milky Way was taken from the Azores, an area with nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean. See how he did it.

Resembling a thousand sparklers on fire, this stunning image pits the shining Milky Way as a backdrop to the spinning landscape below. This unique method of photography is called steel wool spinning.

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.