This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

In a surprising cosmic event, galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, has dramatically lit up after ...

Also known as Messier 51, this spiral staircase-shaped galaxy ... sky at around midnight local time on Friday, according to In the Sky. From New York City, M51 will be visible for most of the ...

The peak period to view the Milky Way will be from Tuesday, May 20, to Friday, May 30. "The galaxy's bright core becomes ...

Bode's galaxy is located some 11.6 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, and is one of the brightest galaxies to be found in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of ...

If you find yourself under clear skies on a winter night, look up ... our evening sky faces away from the center of our Milky Way galaxy. This positioning lets us look outward toward ...

If you are interested in astronomy, there will be some excellent opportunities for viewing and photographing the night sky in the coming months. Spring (March-May) is known as “galaxy season ...

In addition to planning for the right time, catching a view of the galaxy — and its shimmering band of stars stretched across the night sky – may require a bit of strategy. Here’s everything ...