Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...
The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...
Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...
In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.
Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...
"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...
A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning phenomenon happening in the outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy.
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered ...
If the Large Magellanic Cloud were not quite so massive, the Milky Way would have robbed it of any opportunity to form new ...
Hubble captures the aftermath of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s dramatic encounter with the Milky Way, revealing the loss of ...