A curious question sparked a cosmic deep dive into why light never tires—even after 25 million years on the move.

“That’s the Pinwheel galaxy,” I said. The name is derived from its shape – albeit this pinwheel contains about a trillion ...

"Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs from February to October, according to Milky Way photography website Capture the Atlas. However, ...

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

A light-year is the distance light travels in a year ... from its host star as the planet passes in front of it from the perspective of Earth, called the transit method. As the planet transits ...

The universe's vastness challenges human comprehension. It contains trillions of galaxies and countless stars. Pluto's ...

While the Proxima Centauri system is the closest to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away ... pass in front of their star from the perspective of telescopes on Earth and ...