Floral decals, gingham prints, and a very cool Pucci manicure—49 nail art designs that everyone will be wearing this spring.

"Milky Way season" is here, and dark sky areas in Michigan offer prime visibility of our galaxy.

As warm spring nights settle over Alabama, stargazers have a treat waiting overhead: the Milky Way. For the next several months, the galaxy’s luminous core spans the sky. No telescope needed—just a ...

Milky Way season is officially here. Here's how to spot our galaxy from Tennessee.

The best time to see the Milky Way is generally from March to September, according to Capture the Atlas.

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years outward to the peaceful galactic suburbs it currently occupies. Now a pair ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

The Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way is a fascinating area at the core of our galaxy. It's rich in a variety of chemical elements, filled with the building blocks of stars, planets, and even ...

CWISE J1249+36, a low-mass runaway star, is traveling at an extraordinary speed that could propel it out of the Milky Way.

Gold and platinum are found in space, created when two stars collide. Astrophysicists can even trace this process further back, to the merger of galaxies.