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.

A stunning new photo of the Milky Way (shown above) came about because of a flea-market purchase, a late night on a Chilean mountain range, and a dash of inspiration. The photo, taken by ...

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 ...

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.

A new view of the Milky Way: Warped and twisted Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is "warped and twisted" and not flat as previously thought, new research shows. Analysis of the brightest stars in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever seen a big band of stars that stretches across the night sky? That is the Milky Way, our home galaxy, and you can see it best on dark, clear nights in the summer. It contains ...

The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, a Dark Sky Preserve. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics ...

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.