The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy spanning ... hinting at further cosmic photography projects in the ...

The answer, in this case, was that the southern Milky Way wouldn’t rise until about 2:15 a.m. I needed the southern arm of the galaxy because that is the one that looks toward the center of the ...

Photography thrives on shared knowledge ... techniques and refining the nuances of post-processing. The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is a breathtaking collection of stars, dust and gas that ...

All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s demise isn’t estimated to occur for at least another 4 or 5 billion years, when astronomers believe it will start ...

Located about 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy home to active star formation. It is one of our Milky Way galaxy's closest neighbors alongside its ...

It took Finnish photographer JP Metsavainio 12 years and 1,200 hours of exposure to create this panorama of the Milky Way. Not only did he capture the entire galaxy, but also 20 million stars that ...

Something wonderful has happened in photography: Ordinary people can now photograph the universe. Standing beneath the Milky Way has always ... stupendous galaxy. For me the revelation came ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have at last identified what’s believed to be the edge of the Milky Way ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the ...

Astronomers have had a rare glimpse into the heart of the Milky Way thanks to an errant star expelled from the galactic centre. At the middle of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole ...