It's not quite in a galaxy far, far away, but the latest planet discovered by NASA is one of the most remote ones known to exist outside of the solar system.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit shares a long-exposure photograph that captured the curve of Earth, the glow of the planet's atmosphere, streaks of city lights and flashes of lightning. Hovering above it ...

This article originally appeared on wickedlocal.com: The Milky Way will be visible this weekend. Here's how to see it This illustration shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy.© NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On a clear night, some stars of the galaxy can be seen from Earth.

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs ...