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

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way.

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder captured the most precise photographs of a ...

As one of the last remaining areas in South Wales with truly dark skies, Gower National Landscape will be protected from ...

The mission, which has been mapping the Milky Way for the last 12 years ... The aim is to build the largest and most precise 3D map of our local universe. The spacecraft's first data release ...

But researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian space ...

"We have a measurement like this for only three other galaxies — all isolated from the Milky Way — and they all ... known to astronomers as the "local group." The findings, presented at ...

The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution map of waterways, created by the US Geological Survey, is the highest-resolution survey of its kind. With nearly 25 million rivers, streams, pipe ...

The observations were made as part of the DECam Local ... Milky Way, which affects nearby small galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud. It's almost a bit like looking at a cosmic 'fossil record.'" ...