In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

Explore the breathtaking beauty of the Milky Way through stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, revealing ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted a cosmic Bullseye galaxy, revealing evidence of a rare kind of galactic collision.

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The image shows the Arches star cluster, 25,000 light-years away, captured through infrared observations from Hubble and ground-based telescopes. This Hubble image shows NGC 6397, a star cluster 8,200 ...

Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...