For years, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form and evolve. But new research ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...

Scientists may have finally hit upon the possible mysterious sources that have pumped heat and kept alive the fiery hot gas ...

The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...

Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years ...

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...

Milky Way strips LMC's gas halo with ram pressure. Hubble captures dramatic interaction between galaxies. LMC retains enough ...

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Hubble captures the aftermath of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s dramatic encounter with the Milky Way, revealing the loss of ...