The most striking in relation with [the Armenian name] is that while many nations use their own terms for Milky Way, in a huge area -- from the Gobi desert to the Atlantic coasts of Africa and ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured an incredible panoramic image of the Milky Way from the Lut (Dasht-e Lut) desert in Iran.

We can't say for sure that, like an oasis in the desert, Earth is the rare freak planet to host life in the Milky Way. But our seeming isolation certainly makes it seem that we are more likely ...