The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...

Look east after dark in November and December to find the Andromeda Galaxy, a hazy patch of light 2.5 million light-years ...

Need new artwork in your home? How about one that you build yourself? LEGO’s Art lineup has some really cool sets that are ...

Can you still see the Milky Way from your city? An analysis of 50 Indian cities reveals that only six have skies dark enough ...

When astronomers spotted Capotauro, they suggested it could be the earliest galaxy we had yet seen. But now a new team finds ...

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...

The video explains a simulated future merger between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It covers how the encounter ...

Discover how Webb's vivid image of N159 offers scientists a time machine to the universe's first light, revealing star ...

Galactic archaeologists are using precise measures and larger sample sizes afforded by new missions to tease apart minute differences between groups of stars, revealing the history of the Milky Way ...

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study nearby dwarf galaxies discovered a puzzle: Those galaxies have far less oxygen than expected.

Astronomers working mostly in Chile dated VVV CL001, a faint globular cluster buried behind dust near the galactic center, at ...