Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

Firefly Sparkle,” a galaxy that existed about 600 million years after the big bang, has been imaged by the James Webb Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

James Webb Space Telescope has delivered stunning views of the "gravitationally distorted realms" of the El Gordo galaxy ...

Hubble has captured a striking new image of NGC 2775, a galaxy that defies easy classification. Blending features of spirals, ...

M82 has been a popular target for astronomers and their telescopes, due to its high activity. Hubble has observed it many ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive bridge of neutral hydrogen gas that connects two dwarf galaxies. Scientists at the University of Western Australia node of the International Centre (ICRAR) have ...