The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in breathtaking new photos from the European Southern Observatory.

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine. It was a grand sight to see, the Milky Way stretching across the sky behind Owachomo Bridge. It was a natural subject for the opening ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the ...

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 ...

is a spiral galaxy much like Earth's own Milky Way. But because of where we are and how it's situated, Hubble's photo amounts to a side view. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be ...

A giant new photo reveals clouds of dust and gas stretching ... may eventually "collapse in on itself and provide the Milky Way with yet another brood of stars," perpetually forming new stars ...