The Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbour, barring dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

Scientists have predicted for a while now that the fate of the Milky Way galaxy will result in a collision with our neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Of course, we don’t expect that collision to ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

The Cartwheel gained its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between ... LMC passes near the Milky Way, has led to the loss of significant mass from the dwarf galaxy.

In about 4.5 billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision! Don’t worry, though – the distances between stars are vast ...

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the Leo P dwarf galaxy ... Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P ... all isolated from the Milky Way — and they all show a similar pattern ...

Dwarf galaxies ... befall the Milky Way and Andromeda. In September 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope captured this collision in progress between an elliptical galaxy and a special type of ...