The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA. NGC ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

Space artists can sometimes stretch scientific data for a bigger visual bang. At New York's natural history museum, they ...

Leo sees action as both Mars and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 move through; plus, spot galaxies and noctilucent clouds in the sky this week.

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

Many of these stars are massive, luminous and blue, giving the spiral arms their characteristic azure hue. Because we’re inside the galaxy, mapping it is difficult, so many details of its ...

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system's many secrets.