Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each ...

A new planetarium and observatory has opened in a national park to offer people the chance to explore the Universe. Grizedale ...

Calgary postpunk four-piece Preoccupations formed in 2012 from the ashes of noisy art-punk outfit Women. As Viet Cong, they dropped a strong debut album in 2015, then changed their regrettable name ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

"Curiously, studies have found that several of the Andromeda Galaxy’s dwarf galaxies, including Andromeda III, orbit in a flat plane around the galaxy, like the planets in our solar system orbit ...

Miguel Claro, an astrophotographer, spent five years capturing a stunning image of the Andromeda Galaxy from Portugal's Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory. Using special filters and 80 hours of exposure ...

Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what is referred to as the “Local Group” of galaxies, a galactic agglomeration ...