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

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

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

In recent years, astronomers have been able to study the motion of the stars in the galaxy with outstanding precision. And ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby galaxy to our Milky Way, is undergoing a dramatic transformation, according to recent research. The study reveals that the gravitational pull of the ...

They are rich in gas and young stars, making them ideal subjects for studying galaxy evolution. The LMC and SMC are connected by a stream of gas known as the Magellanic Bridge and are slowly being ...

A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests that our models of galactic evolution could be inaccurate.

Scientists have discovered an extremely rare pair of stars only around 150 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy that will collide and explode in 23 billion years. The blast—were we around to ...

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A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An international ...