Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling stars. The image features a small region of the SMC near the center of NGC ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

As it happens in the Milky Way, young massive stars typically move together with ... and how they changed over time forming ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

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

Often referred to as the "Serengeti of the Sky," the Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area has an unparalleled view of the Milky Way, reminiscent of Namibia's famed dark sky reserves.

SEE ALSO: Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light The Meerkat radio telescope in South Africa puts the Webb image in context by showing Sagittarius C in an environment ...

Instead of a relatively distant dark galaxy, Westmeier thinks the object is more likely a regular gas cloud at the edge of the Milky Way. “I’m very skeptical about the claims that they’re ...

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 ...

An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope ... In the image, you can see the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* as the bright yellow blob at the very center.

It is one of our Milky Way galaxy's closest neighbors alongside ... astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling stars. The image features a small region of the ...