A cosmic drama is unfolding at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is watching the story ...
Much of the mass in the universe lies not in stars or galaxies, but in the space between them, known as the intergalactic ...
Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...
The name for our galaxy comes from the ancient Greek words for ‘milk’ or ‘milky’. They could only see it as a bright band of ...
The collision in Stephan's Quintet was observed by WEAVE, a new instrument on one of the world's most powerful telescopes, in ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — ...
A new mid-infrared image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier ...
The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...
In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the ...
Physicists find themselves wishing upon a star (to explode) to solve one of the most frustrating questions in science.
More than 99% of Americans live under skies polluted by light. But dark skies at the Grand Canyon and more than 145 other ...
For years, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form and evolve. But new research ...