Could alien signals have already reached Earth undetected? - If advanced alien civilisations exist and have contacted Earth, ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

Researchers looking for signs of extraterrestrial life instead stumbled upon a pulsar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have detected a mysterious object in our galaxy that emits intense bursts of radio waves and X-rays with remarkable regularity, every 44 minutes. The signals, coming from a source called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A panoramic image of the Milky Way over the fromations of ...

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 ...

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 ...

What you're looking at when the Milky Way is visible is the bright center of our galaxy with billions of stars. Because visibility from Earth depends on the latitude, the further south you go, the ...