Astronomers have taken a close-up photo of a star outside our own galaxy, the Milky Way, for the first time, the European Southern Observatory announced in a statement Thursday. The star -- WOH ...

Well, almost. Photographing the Milky Way and not ending up with a big blur requires several elements, one of which has only been available in the past couple of years. Here’s what you need to know.

In the winter, we are positioned away from the congested center of the Milky Way, making it less prominent, but still visible through long-exposure photography, often aided with the use of a ...

A "hauntingly beautiful" photograph of the Milky Way above the ruins of a Tudor mansion has won top prize in the South Downs National Park astrophotography competition. The image was taken by ...

Ordinary people can now photograph the universe. Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation ...

Learn about the size, temperature, and colour of each planet, and discover why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Science Photo Library Artwork: The Milky Way is surrounded by "dwarf" satellite galaxies Our galaxy is a dense spiral swirl of up to 400 billion stars. But it started out as a relatively small ...

Aside from being stunning, NOIRLabs says the photo also showcases the ultimate fate of the Milky Way, the very galaxy we call home. Scientists have predicted for a while now that the fate of the ...

“I think this is the first image ever showing the Milky Way in this resolution and depth ... is located on the upper right area of the photo. Cygnus is one of the most recognisable ...

The galactic centre area of the Milky Way in Sagittarius behind the grand old barn near home in ... [+] southern Alberta, on June 30, 2019. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via ...

According to a new study, our Milky Way galaxy may have already begun colliding ... A new deep imaging technique enabled scientists to photograph this gas halo and examine it pixel by pixel.