The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

A few years later in 1895, the poster for the silent film L’Arroseur Arrose (in English, The Waterer Watered) was the first ...

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Get spaced out by seeing one of the world's largest fan-created "Star Wars"-themed exhibitions, opening May 10 at COSI. See ...