Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...

(ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar) We've waited a long time for such a detailed look at our galaxy. Radio astronomy, ...

“From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone had revealed new layers of the Galaxy’s complex structure and motion.” “While stellar surveys ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, is a majestic spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Let’s uncover some ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that Leo ...