Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...

Research shows that galaxies form inside gigantic haloes of dark matter, the elusive substance that doesn't interact with ...

Researchers have found that there's something highly unusual about the Milky Way, setting it apart from other galaxies. As ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.

The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...

This week, the James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, revealing the first-ever mid-infrared ...

For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the intense heat and persistence of the fiery hot gas surrounding the Milky Way.

The Sombrero galaxy, which is about the size of the Milky Way, is positioned some 30 million light-years away. The Webb ...

WOH G64 is what's known as a red giant, a star nearing the end of its life, running out of hydrogen fuel. Through this ...

"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...