A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

For years, Arlene Jurewicz-Leighton taught online courses for science educators. She noticed that her home in Lincolnville ...

Polar bears aren't white, strawberries aren't berries, and the Earth isn't round—we'll have you rethinking everything you ...

It’s divided into sections with names like “Lunar Lunch” and “Extraterrestrial Dinner,” because why settle for boring old ...

An excerpt from the iconic Morry Taylor of Titan Tire fame cites his upbringing, early values & principles & what prompted ...

the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision! Don’t worry, though – the distances between stars are vast, so we won’t feel a thing.

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

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

"It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the universe beyond the Milky Way galaxy, but his work really stood on the shoulders of a number of people," said Jeff Rich, an astronomer at ...

Beneath that is a selection of intriguing sights within the mosaic, labeled A through E: A: Star clusters in Andromeda, foreground stars in our Milky Way galaxy, and two background galaxies far ...

By that metric, the ESA's Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy and has forced us to abandon old ideas and replace them with compelling ...