“Milky seas” are an ocean phenomenon that cause a vast area of the ocean to glow. Scientists are trying to predict when the events occur in hopes of better understanding the bioluminescent display. - ...

“The whole appearance of the ocean was like a plane covered with snow. There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky appeared as black as if a storm was raging.” These are the words written by ...

When earth and sky meet the result is electric as this photo taken at Salmon Creek Beach shows. Bioluminescent plankton, which emit light through a chemical reaction, cast a blue glow underneath a ...

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

The SAGA Survey just published three new research articles that provide us with new insights into the uniqueness of our own Milky Way Galaxy after completing the census of 101 satellite systems ...

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The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

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 ...

(CNN) — For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can see. “The sea from horizon to horizon in all directions took on a ...