"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

Our galaxy's two closest neighbors are two dwarf galaxies known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and ... "Because of the Milky Way's own giant halo, the LMC's gas is getting truncated, or ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the ... The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located nearly 160,000 ...

Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming region nearby, with insights into cosmic dust and star formation.