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

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

The future of galaxies remains one of the most interesting topics for experts. In fact, they will not survive the passage of ...

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...

An official statement issued on Wednesday said that this length compares to roughly 10 times the size of the Milky Way’s ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

This stunning image of NGC 6951 is captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located at a distance of about 75 million light-years ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...