The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Far beyond the edge of what the naked eye can see, a giant spiral galaxy has offered scientists a glimpse into a possible ...

The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...

Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.