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

Witness the breathtaking beauty of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, through 6 stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space ...

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

“For example, Chandra’s X-rays reveal the high-energy radiation around the supermassive black hole at the center of M31 as ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, in a tribute to ...

In thelatest release from NASA, stunning new images of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) have captured the attention of the global ...

Incredibly brilliant images have been released this week of the Milky Way and other distant galaxies from the world's largest telescope at the Rubin Observatory in Chile. Derrick Pitts, chief ...

At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, ...

June 2025 presents a unique chance to observe the Milky Way's core, visible from evening until dawn in dark locations. Favorable moon phases enhance the view, alongside planetary alignments and ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported June 2 that the probability of the two spiral g ...