As galaxies go, the Milky Way is fairly average. Its spiral shape is common, and its mass is slightly above the mean, though there are galaxies that are exponentially larger.

Scientists are still trying to understand how galaxies formed and evolved from primordial gas clouds into the organized ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different features, including stellar population and movement. Three major ...

The California Highway Patrol responded to a call this week of a possible baby tiger stranded on the side of a highway in San Luis Obispo County.

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions in spectacular detail.

Stellar nurseries spotted: Vera Rubin Observatory captures distant galaxies; stunning first images released TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jun 23, 2025, 15:12 IST ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects. Galileo Galilei quickly improved the designs and became the first to ...

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UTSA researchers offer alternative to dark matter model in dwarf galaxies JUNE 11, 2025 — Groundbreaking research led by UTSA graduate student Nathaniel Lujan and Karl Gebhardt, UT Austin professor ...