(The Columbian files) Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something ... only about 1,000 light-years wide. Our solar system and our Earth are embedded in one arm ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the researchers.

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system ... solar masses in stars. This makes it one of the most compelling Milky Way ...

to explore supernova wreckage in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The supernova remnant in question is MC SNR J0519–6902, first discovered in 1981.

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known spiral galaxy to date.

The galaxy spans more than 60,000 light-years across and contains over 100 billion solar masses in stars, making it one of the most compelling analogues of the Milky Way ever found from such an ...

Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they ... out of the billions in our Milky Way galaxy alone. Launched in 2021, Webb ...

Everything on Earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond is contained ... comparable to our own Milky Way. By capturing detailed, long-exposure images of space features like pulsing ...

our Milky Way galaxy will merge with the Andromeda galaxy, creating one large pocket of matter in the solar system born from chaos. NASA's animation (above) shows a cosmic crash happening right ...

Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...