Wausau Pilot & Review This week offers stunning celestial sights for skywatchers in the Wausau area — from planetary pairings ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This ...

Astronomers have discovered a "jellyfish" galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms—including distinctive "bunny ...

From a Mars rover selfie to an astronaut's view of the flower moon, these space images will give you a new perspective on our ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show that opened to ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the ...

NGC 685, a smaller cousin of our Milky Way, dazzles with youthful energy as newborn stars light up its spiral arms.

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars and gas ...

Two minor spiral arms are close to the galaxy's center, the Far-3 kiloparsec arm and the Near-3 kiloparsec arm. Our solar system exists in the Orion Spur between the Sagittarius and Perseus arms.

However, not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the ... but there is no equivalent large arm on the opposite side. The galaxy is asymmetrical, which is what marks ...

Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the ... associated with vivid spiral arms, which can only be seen ...

This galaxy, located at a photometric redshift of about 5.2, has a mass comparable to that of the Milky Way. Zhúlóng stands out for its well-defined spiral arms, extending over 62,000 light-years, and ...