Ursa Major III, the faintest object in our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more than 30,000 light years. Until ...

Shwartz's series on astrophotography, he takes a break from pursuing the perfect Milky Way shot to capture the Moon. The post ...

The Milky Way galaxy glows alongside the zodiacal light over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

The newly confirmed supermassive black hole at the heart of CAPERS-LRD-z9 is known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the ...

An impossibly bright galaxy is forcing scientists to rewrite the rules of the Big Bang’s aftermath. Here’s what you’ll learn ...

Newly identified Midpoint cloud reveals rare insight into star formation and the movement of galactic material toward the center of the Milky Way. A group of astronomers from around the world has ...

Big Cypress National Preserve is home to Alligator Alcatraz, which is causing light pollution in one of the first dark skies ...

Northwest Washington’s North Cascades National Park was recently named one of the best stargazing destinations in the country by astrology website TarotCards.io. Two other Washington spots made the ...

A black hole with a mass equivalent to 36 billion suns—10,000 times heavier than the one at the center of the Milky Way —has been discovered around 5 billion light-years from Earth. It may be the ...

Find the best places to stargaze in the Carolinas from mountains to coastal preserves, this guide is ideal for all levels of astronomers.

Astronomers have identified an ultramassive black hole that could be the largest ever measured, hidden in a distant galaxy ...