NASA released images of star clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Hubble shows visible light, while ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 million light years away, has fascinated observers for centuries. Once believed to be part of the Milky Way, everything changed in 1923 when Edwin Hubble identified ...

The Milky Way could have more satellite galaxies than previously thought, according to new research. Cosmologists at Durham ...

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the course of several weeks, the star remained visible in the daytime and ...

Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...

The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly?

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

In the vast expanse of the universe, there are cosmic giants so enormous that they stretch our understanding of scale and ...

The LEGO Milky Way Galaxy set #31212 is currently $199.99 elsewhere (even during Prime Day), but Insiders members can get it ...

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...