A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Heart and Soul: NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ... that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. NGC 602: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud ...
The Pinwheel Galaxy lies 21 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation. The Antennae Galaxies are rich in black holes and neutron stars, driving rapid star formation and evolution.
is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It is 67 million light-years away from the Milky Way. NGC 3521 is located almost 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). The ...
Despite its closeness to the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy appears six times the diameter of the full moon in the sky (as viewed from Earth), providing enough "celestial real estate" for Hubble's ...
Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...