A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and ...
Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...
The plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light-years from end to end - over 32 times the size of the Milky Way ...