New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming region nearby, with insights into cosmic dust and star formation.

The Milky Way’s distinctiveness lies in its satellite system. According to the SAGA Survey’s third data release, which analyzed 378 satellite galaxies orbiting 101 Milky Way-mass systems ...

Around the galaxy exist stars that have been given a push, and orbit much faster than the vast majority of their stellar ...

All three co-authored the newly published studies. The SAGA Survey identified 101 Milky Way-like galaxies that have small satellite galaxies. These three examples contain two, six, and nine satellite ...

Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers ... whether it is isolated or functioning as a satellite of a larger system -- is an important ...

Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...

The Andromeda galaxy helped Edwin Hubble settle a great debate in astronomy. Stocktrek Images via Getty Images ...