The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy ...

But now, researchers have identified what they say is officially the largest known object in the universe—a massive cosmic structure that stretches 1.4 billion light-years across and contains ...

The star is located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud ... and is 10 million times brighter than the sun. Among the largest known stars previously known were the Pistol Star ...

The discovery of UY Scuti, the universe's largest known star, is credited to astronomers at the Bonn Observatory ... renowned for its size and the complex nebula that surrounds it. HD 12463: Situated ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe. At its center, the Tarantula Nebula hosts the most ...