Building on the transformative butterfly narrative introduced with the AR1, the AR2 represents Reaves’ evolution from a ...

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, ...

The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still in the process of forming.

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and destruction that shapes our galactic environment. Scientists may have unco ...

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Physicists have proposed a solution to a long-standing puzzle surrounding the GD-1 stellar stream, one of the most well-studied streams within the galactic halo of the Milky Way.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

Stunning new photographs taken by Wellesley College astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled a newly ...

It proved the Andromeda Nebula is immensely distant from Earth, demonstrating that the Milky Way is not the whole universe, ...

Stargazing is one of the oldest human traditions, with stories and constellations dating back thousands of years.

Uncover the mystery of Omega Centauri: a stellar-mass black hole is responsible for the fast movement of nearly ten million stars in the largest star cluster of the Milky Way.