In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
With a nickname like Big Sky country, it's no surprise Montana is the ultimate destination for this year's celestial events, ...
Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies. The ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded icy objects" thousands of light years from Earth. Takashi Shimonishi, ...
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The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky WayVisual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring ...
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