When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. BERLIN — Nearly 1.7 billion stars have been plotted in unprecedented detail with today's ...

Here’s how it works. Our galaxy is aptly named the Milky Way — it looks white, the color of fresh spring snow in the early morning, scientists now reveal. Color is a key detail of galaxies ...

This week, a team of University of Pittsburgh astronomers announced the most accurate determination yet of the color of the Milky Way Galaxy: “a very pure white, almost mirroring a fresh spring ...

Turns out the Milky Way is aptly named, with the overall color of our galaxy resembling the shade of fine-grained spring snow in early morning light. Splitting the light into its component ...