NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the ...

In any globular cluster, all its stars formed at the same time, from the same cloud of gas. The Milky Way has around 150 ...

The Milky Way appears to have a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. If confirmed, the structure might be a relic from a brush with another galaxy, but not all ...

The Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy, has been extensively studied by NASA. Infrared images illustrate polarized dust, while ...

Astronomers have identified the largest black hole jet structure known, named Porphyrion, stretching 23 million light-years ...

Astronomers led by Song Wang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have discovered an unusual celestial phenomenon, ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope depicts the "extreme outer galaxy" in unprecedented detail, NASA researchers ...

Supermassive black holes, celestial objects with masses greater than a million times that of the Sun, remain one of the ...

The plumes stretch farther than any yet seen, reaching millions of light-years long and potentially influencing the cosmos ...

The Love’s Planetarium, which opened Friday, is the only one of its caliber in North America. With its eight 4K projectors ...

NASA's Webb Peers Into the Extreme Outer Galaxy Sep. 12, 2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this ...

Webb's imagery has enabled scientists to better study star formation in the outer Milky Way. A team of NASA astronomers recently pointed the spacefaring telescope toward the outskirts of our own ...