An explanation of why some argue it's better to photograph the Milky Way in summer and how to do it, including the best camera settings ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is the latest in a series of stunning cosmic phenomena that should be visible in August ...

The Heart Nebula, cataloged as IC 1805 and also sometimes called the Running Dog Nebula, is a large star-forming region in our galaxy.

In an image the observatory refers to as "the cosmic treasure chest," a southern region of the Virgo Cluster about 55 million light-years from Earth comes to life in our own Milky Way galaxy.

Amateur astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an image of Bode's Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82) amidst the clouds of an integrated flux nebula.