The Milky Way is one of the biggest in the observable universe: Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take 100,000 years to go from one end of our home galaxy to the other.

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of darkness. In 2000, the park was designated as Pennsylvania’s first Dark ...

A rare burial in China has revealed a woman with cinnabar-stained teeth, offering insights into Silk Road-era customs.

Andromeda XXXV is the smallest and faintest galaxy ever observed Located3 million light-years away, it defies galaxy formation theories Scientists are rethinking how such galaxies survive extreme cond ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it’s called ...