Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular has astronomers playing orthopaedists. If the new picture at the top of ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known spiral galaxy to date.

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about the Milky Way, galaxies in Virgo, and Bob's latest award ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.