Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside our galaxy.

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

"Within 2 billion years, Andromeda will have traveled the distance that separates it from the Milky Way and, just at their meeting point, they will cross each other," the expert explained ...

One of the largest galaxies ever found, the behemoth is about 1.44 billion light-years away and reckoned to be 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. The mightly object is classed as a giant ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...