Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

In any globular cluster, all its stars formed at the same time, from the same cloud of gas. The Milky Way has more than 150 known globular clusters; these objects are excellent tools for studying, for ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...

As one of the last remaining areas in South Wales with truly dark skies, Gower National Landscape will be protected from ...

From starry skies and urban sights to mysterious wilderness, noctourism is about discovering the magic of exploration by ...

The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble ...

Messier 31 is located 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and was a much bigger target in the sky than the galaxies ...

BAE Systems built both the spacecraft bus and telescope for the observatory, in addition to leading spacecraft integration ...

The work has revealed that Andromeda is a lot more chaotic than expected. Similar to what recently retired Gaia did for the ...

The Subaru Telescope on Maunakea will be able to observe more than 2,000 celestial objects at once with a new instrument that will go online in February.

This is the largest photomosaic yet assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 ...

Most people in North America cannot see the Milky Way in the night sky from where they live. This is because of light ...