An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...

Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something odd overhead this month: barely any milk in that way.

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.