The galaxies, each as vast as the Milky Way, are baffling because most scientific models for galaxy evolution suggest ...

The dwarf galaxy is one of many forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas in the massive Virgo cluster of galaxies.

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—nearly as massive ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

An international team of astronomers has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—each nearly as massive as the Milky ...

A team led by Dante Minniti and including Vatican Observatory scholars maps the Milky Way in stunning detail. Built from ...

Fall evenings are perfect for astrophotography because the cool weather keeps those pesky mosquitoes away, which gives me ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to discover REBELS-25, a Milky Way-like galaxy from the ...

An enormously detailed map of the Milky Way galaxy has just been published by a team of astronomers led by Vatican Observatory adjunct scholar Dante Minniti and including Vatican Observatory staff ...

This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.

The Red Spider Nebula is a planetary nebula situated near the center of the Milky Way, in the northwest region of the constellation Sagittarius. This fiery planetary nebula hosts one of the hottest ...