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For the first time, astronomers have spotted and "weighed" a baby Milky Way-like galaxy lurking in the early universe, using ...

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and destruction that shapes our galactic environment. Scientists may have unco ...

Astronomers uncover a young galaxy similar to the Milky Way, shedding light on its early formation just 600 million years ...

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

Stunning new photographs taken by Wellesley College astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled a newly ...

But the state-of-the-art space observatory has recently imaged two grand design spiral galaxies, and one appears to be the ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited ...

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

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