We refer to our own solar system as the solar system, and in a sense, it is the only one of its kind. For centuries, our sun was known as Sol, latin for sun and the Roman equivalent of the Greek sun ...

Finding Earth’s exact position in the galaxy took centuries of observation and innovation. This story follows astronomers as they counted stars, measured motion, and mapped the Milky Way with ...

NASA's Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh insights into the Oort cloud – a vast, theoretical spherical shell of icy objects that surrounds our solar system. For a long time, the Oort cloud's ...

In February, the bright band of the Milky Way appears higher in our pre-dawn sky. Find out where and when to see it.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another part of the Milky Way galaxy. The European Space Agency says this is just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Along with summer comes the peak time for viewing the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way. But if you want to see the dense area of ...

Because I’m based in the northern hemisphere, my suggestions of what to look for in the skies can sometimes be skewed towards what we can see from that half of the planet. So, in this month’s column I ...

The Milky Way is really something to see — but not this month, when it’s at the level of the horizon before midnight. (The Columbian files) Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may ...