Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

Firefly Sparkle,” a galaxy that existed about 600 million years after the big bang, has been imaged by the James Webb Space ...

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from ...

Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

Configurations like these, known as Einstein crosses, typically consist of four distinct points of light. This particular ...

You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

An explanation of why some argue it's better to photograph the Milky Way in summer and how to do it, including the best ...

While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy with plenty to study. The galaxy, NGC 7456, is ...