It was located 26,000 light-years away in the center of the Milky Way. It was a powerful engine that periodically sucked in ...

These 9 dark sky refuges bring the Milky ... Bald Mountain and Dollar Mountain. The scenic region in Idaho is also home to great dark sky viewing. At night, the valley gives way to an amphitheater ...

A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests that our models of galactic evolution could be inaccurate.

Gaia has charted the cosmos since 2014, creating a vast encyclopedia of the positions and movements of celestial objects in our Milky Way and beyond. It is difficult to capture the breadth of ...