It revealed more details of the Milky Way and helped confirm its barred spiral form. It also provided some insights into our ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

For reference, our Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, though researchers continue to investigate its exact structure and what label best suits it. A2744-GDSp-z4 (sorry, no fun nickname ...

According to Hubble's classification system, the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, although more recent mapping evidence ...

The Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbour, barring dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The Pinwheel Galaxy lies 21 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation. The Antennae Galaxies are rich in black holes and neutron stars, driving rapid star formation and evolution. This ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ...

if we were able to get above the Milky Way, it would look like an enormous spiral about 100,000 light years across. The centre of the galaxy is a dense and chaotic place, with stars and gas hurtli ...

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers ... on an illusive bubble surrounding the galaxy, recalling the connection between the Milky Way and ceers-2112.

The Milky Way is our home galaxy home to 100-400 billion stars (no one is quite sure how many). It’s a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 13.6 billion years old. It's 100,000 light-years across.