Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it ...

Astronomers have identified the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way, a discovery that reshapes our understanding of the ...

A new study, which included scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, uncovers the Milky Way's position within vast ...

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A panoramic mosaic, which has been enlarged 600 times, highlights the structures of a spiral galaxy along with 260 sightings ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that's well-organized rather than chaotic, ...

A population of stars more than 13 billion years old represents the original disk from which the Milky Way formed, a team of ...

The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the ...

The Hubble orbiting telescope took pictures of the galaxy NGC 4569, or Messier 90. This galaxy is approaching the Milky Way ...