Stargazing is one of the oldest human traditions, with stories and constellations dating back thousands of years.

In 1917, he said you could see the Milky Way from the Paris observatory during ... astronomers' ability to accurately observe the night sky. In 1924, Mount Stromlo Observatory, located outside ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the ...

The phenomenon prompted several theories as to what could have caused it, some people suggesting it could have been created by other celestial bodies, such as Jupiter. Initial reports indicated that ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have observed a binary star system orbiting near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), published Tuesday in ...

Veiled in gas and clouds, the Milky Way’s center ... analyzing data for each night and noting recurring variations in the object’s velocity. In the same way that an exoplanet can be detected ...

DarkSky International is championing the night sky, with interactive maps that ... sparkling haze of the Milky Way galaxy, and then panicked and called the cops. “They had no clue what they ...

Browns Canyon National Monument, a 21,586-acre protected natural area in central Colorado, achieved International Dark Sky ...

The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can be viewed without needing a telescope or traveling hundreds of miles to see ...