Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov captured a mesmerising view of the Milky Way from a porthole aboard the International Space Station, the agency reported on its Telegram channel on Sunday. Footage shows thousands of stars scattered across a hazy sky, with the dense, luminous band of the galaxy clearly visible from orbit. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy and the second-largest in the Local Group after Andromeda, containing an estimated 100 to 400 billion stars. | ABS-CBN News

Aurora brought by moderate geomagnetic activity lit up a starry night sky over northern China on Wednesday and is forecasted to be visible again on Thursday night. So, find a dark, clear spot and get ready for a magical moment! | CGTN