Diagrams of the solar system tend to give the planets equal billing, lining them up like beads on a string with the Sun as ...

Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a cold cloud of gas and dust buried deep in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms started to collapse. From there, gravity worked its magic. The cloud began to ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

The Astronomical Society of the Desert will host a star party on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto ...