In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The future of galaxies remains one of the most interesting topics for experts. In fact, they will not survive the passage of ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

Though the Milky Way and Andromeda formed presumably ... "This was probably due to a collision with another galaxy in the neighborhood." A possible culprit is the compact satellite galaxy Messier ...

This stunning image of NGC 6951 is captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located at a distance of about 75 million light-years ...

At their collision point lies super star cluster ... to the sun forming in small clusters—outside of our own Milky Way galaxy," shares Isha Nayak, lead author of this research, "We can see ...

The Andromeda galaxy, our closest large galactic neighbor, is a treasure trove of stars and cosmic mysteries. Thanks to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have created a stunning panoramic view ...

Explore NASA’s top 10 rare and stunning galaxy images, showcasing vibrant interactions, cosmic collisions, and star-forming ...