Early Spiral Galaxy Captured for the First Time Using Gravitational Lenses . For the first time ever, scientists have ...

Explore the warped spiral galaxy NGC 3718 and its neighbor NGC 3729 — a dynamic duo of deep-sky oddities in the constellation ...

While good news for the Milky Way galaxy, the latest forecast may be moot for humanity. "We likely won't live to see the benefit," lead author Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki said in an ...

The constellation Cygnus is filled with bright planetaries, lying as it does smack dab on the center of the summer Milky Way. One of the larger planetaries in Cygnus is NGC 7008, which is bright ...

That’s why NGC 253 is such a perfect target: it acts as a bridge between the ultra-detailed studies of the Milky Way and the large-scale studies of more distant galaxies.

That's why NGC 253 is such a perfect target: it acts as a bridge between the ultra-detailed studies of the Milky Way and the large-scale studies of more distant galaxies.

Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they're not so sure by Ruby Wright, Alexander Rawlings, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral structure. Astronomers have done just that ...

Now Is The Best Time To See The Milky Way’s Glowing Core In All Its Glory Escape the city lights and see something incredible this June. Dr. Katie Spalding ...

A mysterious region near the center of the Milky Way has captured the attention of astronomers. Known as Sagittarius C, this strange place holds thousands of newborn stars, huge clouds of gas, and ...

NGC 602 is a roughly 3 million-year-old star-forming cluster on the outskirts of the SMC, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that contains roughly 3 billion stars. (Our galaxy, in comparison ...