Bulgarian photographer Mihail Minkov has taken top honors at the Smartphone Astrophotographer of the Year 2026 – a global competition exclusively dedicated to images captured with camera phones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Light was praised for being ‘beautifully framed’ (Michael Steven Harris/South Downs National Park/PA) Ancient Light was ...

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe. The Gaia telescope spotted ...

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy containing 100-400 billion stars. Planet Earth sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times ...

Ancient Light’ by Michael Harris was awarded the top prize at the South Downs annual astro-photography competition ...

Astronomers have identified dozens of stellar streams in the Milky Way, offering clues about the galaxy’s structure and ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

An “incredible” shot of the Milky Way above the South Downs has been named the winner of the national park’s annual astro-photography competition. The contest, which attracted more than 130 entrants, ...