The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still in the process of forming.

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

Canis Major Dwarf: Located in the located in the Canis Major constellation, this dwarf irregular galaxy is the closest to our Milky Way, located at an approximate distance of about 25,000 light ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them ...

NASA’s James Webb space telescope might be leading headlines, but other observations ... a new image of two galaxies merging, which teases the fate of the Milky Way. The galactic merger is ...

At this stage, the galaxy was about 10,000 times less massive than our ... "The Milky Way continued to grow and evolve over billions of years through mergers with other galaxies and continued ...

Held together by their mutual gravity, several of the dwarf galaxies (designated D1 to D5) are rhythmically dancing with one another while others are engaged in a "cosmic tug of war," ripping gas and ...