Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

Astronomers have unveiled surprising new details about a small galaxy, NGC 300, challenging existing theories on galaxy ...

If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety ... variables that he identified in our galaxy were the first rung.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...

The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located nearly 160,000 light-years from Earth. This relatively "nearby" distance, and its face-on orientation to Earth, make it an ideal ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are ...

The Milky Way and thousands of other galaxies are drawn to "something": We have no idea what it is. The Great Attractor is a ...

If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...

When you buy through links on our articles ... who paved the way for his discovery. "It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the universe beyond the Milky Way galaxy, but his work ...