Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...

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, ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers ...

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

Without Andromeda as an example of a spiral galaxy, astronomers would know much less about the structure and evolution of our own Milky Way. That's because Earth is embedded inside the Milky Way.

That's because we are embedded inside the Milky Way. This is like trying to understand the layout of New York City by standing in the middle of Central Park. "With Hubble we can get into enormous ...

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.