The SMC’s low metallicity and weak gravitational structure make it a compelling analogue for the earliest galaxies in the ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

Scientists made the claim after analysing the data collected by the European Space Agency's recently retired Gaia spacecraft.

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

A quiet neighbour of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), appears to be falling apart. And scientists say they ...

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

A team led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed new insights into the motion of ...

The researchers confirmed that two enormous stars, each more than 20 times the mass of the sun, are growing inside ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 ...