If you look up on a clear night from a darksky location, you might see the Milky Way as a faint band of thousands of stars.

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

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

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

Astro Tourism is the travel trend you didn’t know you needed. As 6 planets align in February 2025, here are best spots to watch the rare event in Saudi Arabia.

Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...