Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...
The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...
In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...
The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble ...
We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.
You may be stuck in the Milky Way but new research suggests the carbon that makes up your body took an intergalactic round ...
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
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