The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy may already be colliding after it was discovered that galaxies may have gas halos far ...

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

While Earth is located about 26,000 light-years from what's known as the galactic center, the outer portions of the Milky Way are even further, at about 58,000 light-years from our galaxy's ...

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 ...

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

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

A giant elliptical galaxy formed after the merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda, as hypothetically seen from Earth. Credit: NASA These changes in the sky, of course, wouldn't be rapid.

Late August is a great time to observe the dazzling core of our galaxy, and with the ... people across the Earth could look up and see the Milky Way, provided it was the right time of year ...

Supermassive black holes, with masses more than a million times that of our sun, are among the most fascinating and ...

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

That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way ... monster galaxy, one of the ... Aug. 27, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of Earth.

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