NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a Cosmic Bullseye, Found to Be a Galaxy With Star-Filled Rings Astronomers observed a unique image of a galactic collision between galaxies which created a ...

That means it's more than 30 times the size of our own Milky Way galaxy. It's also enigmatic, the researchers say, with unusual qualities that defy simple explanation. They decided to name it after ...

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...

A - Clusters bright blue stars embedded within the galaxy, background galaxies seen much farther away, and photobombing by a couple bright foreground stars that are actually inside our Milky Way B ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has officially ended its mission to map the Milky Way after 12 years of data collection. The spacecraft shut down its science operations on January 15 ...

One of the largest galaxies ever found, the behemoth is about 1.44 billion light-years away and reckoned to be 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. The mightly object is classed as a giant ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is home to a diverse range of exotic stars, including blue stragglers ... the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision!

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way. Measuring 3.3 million light-years from end-to-end, the cosmic megastructure ...

What If What If Earth Orbited The Largest Known Star in the Milky Way Galaxy Posted: January 20, 2025 | Last updated: January 20, 2025 "What If is an epic exploration of possibilities. What If is ...

The second stage of the rocket is now gliding through orbit, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload ... people will board spacecraft the same way millions of us now board jet liners.

Hours before SpaceX’s rocket launch ... on its way back down for an attempted landing on a drone ship at sea. The FAA says it is “aware an anomaly occurred during the Blue Origin” mission ...