In January 2025, the city added another feather to its cap when it launched a new Astro Trail, a curated collection of ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...