Now here is the real trick. In order for the Milky Way to be sharp in the picture, the exposure can’t be any longer than about 90 seconds. (And that’s with a very wide 14mm lens.) Any longer ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

"Photographing Andromeda was a herculean task because the galaxy is a much bigger target on the sky than the galaxies Hubble ...

According to scientists, about 24 zoomed-in images of stars in the Milky Way have been taken ... rare opportunity to witness a star’s life in real time," says Gerd Weigelt, an astronomy ...

These shots of the Milky Way were taken by 25-year-old photographer Stephen Bank over the past month They include some of the county's most iconic locations such as the renowned beauty spot Durdle ...

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd ...

Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) What time of night is the Milky Way visible? This is the real beauty of going looking for the Milky Way during August because it’s ...

The core of the Milky ... Images) Step outside on a clear, moonless night, and you may catch a hazy ark of light stretching from horizon to horizon—the spiral arms of our own Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...