“This is the time of year when the Milky Way is visible as a faint band of hazy light arching across the sky all night,” explains NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). “You just need to be under ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible to stargazers in the southern hemisphere, including Tennessee, this month and throughout August. No special equipment is needed to view the galaxy, just a dark sky ...

The Milky Way's core is visible from late spring through summer, especially around July. Optimal viewing is between midnight and 5 a.m. away from city lights. Arizona offers prime viewing locations ...

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...

The Double Cluster, Wild Duck open Cluster, and Coathanger asterism are on display in August. The dark skies surrounding this weekend's new moon phase present an excellent opportunity to spot a trio ...

See the rare moment as a seal poses amidst the Milky Way. — -- A photographer was taken by surprise during a routine session when a seal emerged from the darkness and made an unexpected ...

Recently, the Chilean night sky was illuminated by the glow of the Milky Way galaxy as it was seen above the domes of telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a facility of ...

Fireworks aren't the only thing illuminating the sky this month. July also presents the opportunity to catch a cosmic light show, when the Milky Way galaxy appears in the night sky. According to NASA, ...