Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light years.

When the stars align, about eight months out of the year, the Milky Way and its 100 billion stars can be seen in some form.

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

The Milky Way Galaxy's magnetic turbulence stands revealed in an innovative new computer model describing the expanse between ...

Evan Shwartz introduces the first installation of something special, "In this series about astrophotography in Alameda, we will look at pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and celestial events ...

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx to use its ...