Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral galaxy in the early Universe and found that it has important similarities and differences with modern galaxies. This improves our ...

A sparkling cloudscape is revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which used its instruments to capture multiple wavelengths ...

A recent image captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope offers a dazzling view of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), visible ...

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a kaleidoscopic scene in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the ...

NASA's Hubble captures a Galactic collision similar to what has been predicted with the Milky Way Galaxy four billion years ...

The spiral galaxy known as Messier 81 (M81) has a rosy tint in this June 1, 2007, composite image that incorporates data from ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

From meteor showers to constellations, here's everything you need to know about observing the summer sky using the unaided ...

A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever seen.