Using the Subaru Telescope's wide-field camera, astronomers have discovered a previously unknown structure surrounding a tiny ...

In a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how galaxies form and evolve, astronomers have identified the most distant spiral galaxy candidate ever observed—a vast, mature system that ...

When looking up at the sky, you might think galaxies have always looked the way they do today. But a new study from Princeton University and published in the journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal ...

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its ...

Astronomers have directly observed a free-floating planet, comparable in mass to Earth, roaming the Milky Way. Discovered via gravitational microlensing due to its brief light curve, this rogue world ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers recently discovered a never-before-seen celestial phenomenon hiding in our own cosmic backyard. The mystery object, ...

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers have identified a strange object in the Milky Way galaxy. This celestial body, about 15,000 light-years away, emits bursts of radio waves and X-rays every 44 ...

The discovery reinforces established theories about space. There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers. As many as ...

This discovery helps answer a long-standing mystery about how galaxies, like our own Milky Way, were born. Seeing Back 10 Billion Years Galaxies often have two layers: a thick disc filled with older ...

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...