Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

On an ancient Egyptian coffin lid painted more than 3,000 years ago, the sky goddess Nut arches over the dead. Her naked body ...

Bode's Galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +6.94, making it one of the brightest galaxies visible in the Northern Hemisphere.

It was a grand sight to see, the Milky Way stretching across the sky behind Owachomo Bridge ... being out there in the dead silence of the desert night, seeing our images getting better and ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork ...

A different kind of nightlife awaits when you road-trip out for some celestial splendor. See the best places for stargazing in dark-sky locations just miles from major cities including New York, ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

The fascination with figuring out the part that the Milky Way may have played in the culture and religion of ancient Egypt ...

From the Nevada desert to the Oregon coast, these heritage railroads allow you to see the stars while rolling through the countryside.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...