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

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 ...

The larger elliptical galaxy is pulling material from a smaller neighboring galaxy, distorting its spiral arms. In turn, the ...

"There are hundreds of billions of alien worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. And scientists have already discovered and confirmed ...

The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football," according to the Chandra X-ray ...

Planning a family-friendly day trip that will entertain everyone in your clan from kids to grandparents is an easy feat this time of year. Museums, gaming centers and festive pop-up events are aplenty ...

Peering through telescopes, watching model meteors destroy model planets and playing dozens of informative games, ...

Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly ...

collaboration – was a stunning insight into the swirling mass that sits at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. The image famously showed a doughnut-shaped ring with a round orange shape and a ...

The United Way’s Coats for Kids and Families program is underway and looking for help to meet the need. Since 1992, the initiative has been working to keep our community warm by collecting new ...