Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 ...

The ESA says Gaia has been mapping the positions, distances, movements, brightness changes, composition of stars in the Milky ...

The ESA will conduct technology tests for several weeks after Gaia’s observations end, before the spacecraft leaves its orbit ...

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The Milky Way Galaxy: This annotated artist's concept illustrates the new view of the Milky Way, along with other findings presented at the 212th American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis ...

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran has shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. This wooden vessel likely dates to the late ...

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