New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

"It's only because this object is so extreme that we can observe it from Earth, even though it's really far away," Anniek ...

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

The Bullseye is now confirmed to have nine rings, eight of which are visible to Hubble. Researchers confirmed the existence ...

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A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...