Milky Way Cake My granddaughter, Maggie, asked for a Milky Way cake for her birthday. I had eaten one in the past but had ...

The gaseous halo in our galaxy has a mass of 100 billion solar masses, which implies that it has more matter than in the ...

You've never seen the candy bar like this before.

You've almost certainly seen photos of the Milky Way, usually taken by photographers who travel way out into the middle of nowhere to get them. They're cosmically beautiful, colorful and timeless. Now ...

A group of undergraduate students stumbled into a cosmic time capsule—one of the oldest stars ever discovered—while combing ...

With summer soon approaching, the Milky Way will become more visible in May Getty If you’ve ever wanted to see the Milky Way with your own eyes, now’s your chance! There’s something truly astonishing ...

The Milky Way galaxy, comprised of billions of stars, will be visible in the night sky until the end of May, particularly between the last quarter moon (May 20) and the new moon (May 30). Light ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger ...

This unique evergreen iris boasts narrow, grass-like foliage striped in creamy white and green.

It may be our galactic neighborhood, but it is not always easy to see. However, that is about to change. For the next several months, the iconic band of hazy light, known as the Milky Way, should ...