Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

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

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

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 ...

18, 2024 — Galaxy clusters ... Map Ever of Our Milky Way Sep. 26, 2024 — Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ...

Another striking view, captured by Cassini from 450,000 miles (725,000 kilometers) away, highlights Saturn’s C-ring, along with parts of the B-ring. The Antennae Galaxies are teeming with black holes ...

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