Photographer Sergio Montúfar captured this stunning image of two types of fire in the sky at Acatenango volcano in Guatemala in June 2024. "Above, the Milky Way stretched diagonally across the ...

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, likely rotates at maximum speed.

At the heart of a black hole lies what’s called a “singularity” — a point where our laws of physics break down, and gravity becomes infinite. But the defining edge of a black hole is the event horizon ...

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

“Instead, we only get pictures in which we see the structure of the Milky Way edge-on, from inside of it,” explained Dave Rothstein, then a postdoctoral researcher in Cornell University’s ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...

Science Welcome to the best month of the year for stargazing — expect killer views of the Milky Way, experts say By Caroline Cubbin Published June 10, 2025, 1:38 p.m. ET ...

The Bogong moth migrates 1,000 km, using stars in the Milky Way for navigation, a first for insects. They sense Earth's magnetic field as a backup.

Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...

Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...

Spot the Milky Way The full moon won’t be the only celestial sight to seek out in June’s night sky. The strawberry moon will also appear near the center of the Milky Way, according to NASA.