Assuming our solar system’s newest interstellar object isn’t an alien mothership sent here to menace us, humankind still hasn’t spotted any signs of extraterrestrial life, let alone intelligence — ...

Milky Way photography goes beyond capturing the stars. It becomes a way to explore remote environments, challenge physical ...

If advanced aliens lived on a planet within a few hundred to a thousand light years away from Earth, then vast numbers of their signals must already have crossed Earth without being noticed, a new ...

Stephen Hawking's eerie alien theory might explain why we've never been contacted ...

The Milky Way is at least 100,000 light-years across, but the new results suggest that the galaxy's star formation takes place within a region that extends to a radius of 40,000 light-years from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

Astronomers have finally identified where the Milky Way’s star-making activity fades, uncovering a long-sought boundary in ...

Milky Way season, when the galaxy's bright center is visible, is underway. The best viewing time in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way can be seen without special ...

"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the U.S. is generally from March to September.