High above the Milky Way’s quiet spiral arms, the Hubble Space Telescope has zeroed in on a young stellar system that looks ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. A ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 346, a star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

Scientists believe the Hubble telescope has, for the first time, detected evidence of a black hole situated between stars in our galaxy. "Until now, all black hole masses have been inferred ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbours, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. ESA/Hubble & ...

A Hubble Space Telescope study takes a close look at the dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda. Credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton / B.F. Williams / L.C. Johnson / PHAT team / R. Gendler Surrounding the ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the Milky Way’s closest companions, continues to astonish astronomers with its ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...