The central region of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 474. It's set against a backdrop of more distant galaxies. Will…
Millions of stars that can grow up to 620 million miles in diameter, known as 'red giants,' exist in our…
Combining data from the APOGEE survey and the Gaia Observatory with sophisticated models, a team of scientists has found a…
The Milky Way is older than astronomers thought, or part of it is. A newly-published study shows that part of…
Are there civilizations somewhere else in the Universe? Somewhere else in the Milky Way? That's one of our overarching questions,…
The Sun isn't the only star in this galactic neighbourhood. Other stars also call this neighbourhood home. But what's the…
The Milky Way had a sausage galaxy breakfast about 8 billion years ago
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is over 200,000 light-years away, yet it's still one of our galaxy's closest neighbours in…
New research has revealed previously unknown wispy structures in the Milky Way disk that could offer clues about the history…
The New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding away from Earth since it launched in 2006. Scientists using the Alice UV…