A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and ...
Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...
The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...
Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, ...