A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...
Another of the star-forming regions of the Milky Way observed by VISTA as part of the survey is Messier 17, also known as the "Omega Nebula." Located around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the ...
Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...
The Hubble orbiting telescope took pictures of the galaxy NGC 4569, or Messier 90. This galaxy is approaching the Milky Way ...
A rocky exoplanet located 4,000 light years away provides a possible preview of the Sun and Earth's fate 8 billion of years ...
From the violent births of newborn stars to the hidden mysteries of the galactic core, these new images show the Milky Way ... old stars located 10,000 lightyears from Earth.
Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it ...
New research suggests that the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole formed from a merger with another black hole ...
The far-away planetary system, located near the bulge at ... of the background star—also in the Milky Way, but about 25,000 light years from Earth—was still only a pinprick of light.