Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is more than 11 billion years old ...

Until now it was believed that barred spiral galaxies like the Milky Way could not be observed before the universe, estimated to be 13.8 billion years old, reached half of its current age.

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

This led the astronomers to suggest that the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with just two main arms extending from this dense central bar. NGC 1300, a barred spiral galaxy with two arms ...

What happens in J0107a echoes across cosmic history. Many modern galaxies, including the Milky Way, bear a central bar. Learning how a barred spiral galaxy takes shape can explain our own galaxy ...

Scientists discover huge galaxy that resembles our Milky Way. The galaxy dates back to the universe’s infancy, 11.1 ... J0107a is now one of the earliest-known examples of a barred spiral galaxy.

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars and ...

This discovery improves our understanding of how barred spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, grow and evolve. The study is published in the journal Nature.. In the early universe, more than 10 ...