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

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

Astronomers have examined the Extreme Outer Galaxy, also known as the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, using the ...

A recent study suggests that our Milky Way galaxy could be much larger than previously thought, potentially overlapping with ...

Among the Milky Way’s outskirts is a firecracker show of star formation. How do environmental factors affect the star ...

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

A famous example is the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' map, created in 1570, which features sea serpents and other sea monsters. Fast forward to today , and an unexplored Milky Way star cluster ...

Dubbed 'Porphyrion' after a mythological Greek giant, this immense structure originated when the universe was just 6.3 ...

Planet Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the galaxy. We know how big the Earth is ...

NASA's Webb Peers Into the Extreme Outer Galaxy ... our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 ... Magnetic Field Maps of ...

NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother ... Scientists are using DECam to construct the most extensive 3D map of the night sky ever made.

A team of NASA astronomers recently pointed the spacefaring telescope toward the outskirts of our own Milky Way galaxy to get a glimpse of some dense cosmic clouds home to star clusters undergoing ...