Using deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, they observed a galaxy bearing a striking resemblance to our ...

The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

The Milky Way was once a textbook example of how a spiral galaxy should form and evolve. Now a wave of new observations and ...

A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been solved, revealing in the process that our Milky Way galaxy did not always possess its familiar spiral ...

Some galaxies meant to be spirals might've been smoothed-out into clumpy ellipticals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you were ...

Every 200 million years, high-energy comets may pelt our planet as it passes through our galaxy's spiral arms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

St. Louis, Mo. — For decades, astronomers have been blind to what our galaxy, the Milky Way, really looks like. After all, we sit in the midst of it and can’t step outside for a bird’s eye view. Now, ...

Our Milky Way galaxy has four arms instead of two, according to just published results of a 12-year study by scientists in the U.K. Unlike our view of other galaxies, it's challenging to figure out ...

The method overcomes the challenges of dust that block the view of some of the Milky Way's stars. Hawkins’ model superimposed over a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory illustration of the Milky Way. Red ...

Mighty forces beyond the solar system billions of years ago might have shaped much of the land beneath our feet today. A study recently published in the journal Geology proposes that Earth’s ...

A century-old mystery of how galaxies change shapes has been solved by considering 'survival of the fittest' collisions between cosmic titans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...