A massive barred spiral galaxy from the early Universe has stunned astronomers by forming stars at 300 times the rate of the ...

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year ...

Described by Capture the Atlas as an "extraordinary milestone," the image One in a Billion, was captured by NASA astronaut ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that, surprisingly, is shaped much ...

An artist’s impression of the Gaia spacecraft, the Milky Way in background. Illustration: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC. Acknowledgement: A. Moitinho. Evidence of the ...

while the majestic Milky Way core dominates the background. Whenever I venture out to capture the night sky, I’m filled with a sense of humility and gratitude for my existence. It’s as if my ...

A recent studypublished on arXiv sheds light on an astonishing discovery at the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. There, a complex symphony of gravitational waves is being generated by a multitude of ...

One approach looks far back in time, using the cosmic microwave background—the faint light ... The Local Group, which includes the Milky Way, has a peculiar velocity of about 627 kilometers ...

Memorial day weekend promises stunning space views. Here’s how to catch a breathtaking view of the Milky Way in Arizona this month ...

"The Milky Way is pushing back so forcefully that the ... The team surveyed the halo by using the background light of 28 bright quasars. The brightest type of active galactic nucleus, quasars ...