The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

I s our home galaxy, the Milky Way galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question ...

Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...

and photobombing by a couple bright foreground stars that are actually inside our Milky Way B - NGC 206 the most conspicuous ...

Image of three Milky Way-like galaxies and their systems of satellite galaxies. The SAGA survey identified two, six, and nine small satellite galaxies in these three systems respectively.

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Astronomers once assumed they had always orbited the Milky Way at approximately their current distances, like the other, lesser satellite galaxies in the Milky Way's gravitational thrall.

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...