Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. [Gaia spacecraft: Mapping the ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
It seemed that these redshifted galaxies were all moving away from the Milky Way. Hubble’s results suggested the farther away a galaxy was ... during the big bang. NASA named its flagship ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025: In an image captured at the end of last week, NASA has brought us another ... a full portrait of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. The result is a stunning panoramic ...