Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...

Research shows that galaxies form inside gigantic haloes of dark matter, the elusive substance that doesn't interact with ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we’re inside it, ...

For years, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form and evolve. But new research ...

A group of international scientists discovered three ultra-massive “Red Monster” galaxies capable of forming their own stars ...

The formation of galaxies in the universe should follow a fairly simple path. It starts with small galaxies, which then grow ...

NGC 6355 has been imaged using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The globular cluster of stars lies 50,000 light-years away.

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as ... galaxies in the universe. "The Milky Way has been an incredible physics laboratory, including for the physics of galaxy formation and the ...

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise ...