The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

Others include floodlights from ovals, billboards and lights at our homes—both inside and ... of the Milky Way—including even dark patches where dust blocks out starlight from behind.

Figuring out the Milky Way’s structure from the inside is a challenge. We have a very close-up view of the phenomena and ...

told the publication ScienceNews about the new Milky Way measurement that it should “help astronomers tease out other galactic properties.” That’s a reference to the fact that, for example ...

These shots of the Milky Way were taken by 25-year-old photographer Stephen Bank over the past month They include some of the county's most iconic locations such as the renowned beauty spot Durdle ...

Led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara, the team has discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way ... show that the stars inside the SMC move ...

The new study suggests that miniture solar systems would not necessarily look like our own. This composite of planets in our solar system was taken by various NASA spacecraft. Included in the ...

The telescope also spotted more than 50 dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. Inside the galaxy, it tracked down 150,000 asteroids and detected several dozen black holes. On Thursday, ESA ...

The lone black hole without a companion star is located 5,000 light-years away. A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole that has no star orbiting it in the Milky Way ...