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

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 Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, is a majestic spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Let’s uncover some ...

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy ... bugs on a warm summer night. And appropriate for tonight's ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

Messier 31 is located 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and was a much bigger target in the sky than the galaxies ...

Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...

The Milky Way is not considered an active galaxy—at least ... It's easy to feel small, looking up at the Backbone of Night. Our Solar System alone is an easy three light years wide, and it's ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy ... bugs on a warm summer night. And appropriate for tonight's ...