For the first time, astronomers have spotted and "weighed" a baby Milky Way-like galaxy lurking in the early universe, using ...

Stunning new photographs taken by Wellesley College astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled a newly ...

“By examining these photos of the Firefly Sparkle, we can better understand how our own Milky Way took shape. ...There is so much going on inside this tiny galaxy, including so many different ...

Let's explore the seven best images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2024. This composite image of the Crab ...

The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way.

The stunning spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are beautifully showcased by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA's ...

That's the Andromeda galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, and in 4 billion years, it will collide with the Milky Way, throwing our solar system away from our own galactic core and reshaping the ...

The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still in the process of forming.

It’s beautiful but also a reminder of the ultimate fate that awaits our own Milky Way galaxy. The image was captured using the NOIRLabs’ International Gemini Observatory. NOIRLabs says that ...

By reconstructing stellar orbits using real Milky Way stars with accurately determined parameters, the team quantified the galaxy's mass-weighted chemical abundances and age structure. This ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

“By examining these photos of the Firefly Sparkle, we can better understand how our own Milky Way took shape. ...There is so much going on inside this tiny galaxy, including so many different phases ...