Using some of the world's most powerful telescopes, a team of researchers found more than 280 galaxies stretched in a line ...

Indian researchers have unearthed a massive galaxy from the universe's infancy, challenging existing theories on early galaxy ...

From your place inside the Milky Way, you are living within a galaxy that keeps a detailed chemical diary. Every star holds ...

The European Space Agency released the most accurate census yet of stars in the Milky Way and neighbouring galaxies Wednesday, providing astronomers with a wealth of new data for further research. The ...

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the universe seems to be expanding faster than expected, throwing a wrench into ...

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

The European Space Agency released the latest data from its Gaia spacecraft this week showing the positions of 1.8 billion stars in our galaxy and the directions they are moving. It is the latest in a ...

Scientists have detected an unusual gamma-ray halo around our Milky Way galaxy. This signal, observed by NASA's Fermi ...

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and observing how light from other objects is shifted. New measurements, however, put ...