Astronomers say the extreme magnetic field of Magnetar SGR 0501+4516 could ‘rip apart every atom inside the body’ ...

As one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 210,000 light years away according to NASA, the SMC allowed the research team to identify and track roughly 7,000 massive stars within it. These ...

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

The space telescope is also expected to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way, NASA said. Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com.

The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping ... to the Chandra X-ray Telescope team. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart Judge blocks Trump from dismantling ...

The shocking reason why ESA decided to retire Gaia The Milky Way scanning program confirms the necessity of international cooperation in space exploration through NASA’s involvement. ESA and NASA have ...

Nasa is tracking a potentially devastating “zombie star” as it races through our galaxy at more than 177,000kmh. The immensely dense object is one of 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way ...

In a serendipitous cosmic discovery, astronomers have found a colossal galaxy that looks just like our own Milky Way – except it ... University of Geneva using NASA's powerful James Well Space ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Telescope have discovered an "exhaust vent attached to a “chimney” of hot gas blowing away from the center of the Milky Way galaxy," according to the ...

which is one of the Milky Way's nearest neighbors at only about 200,000 light-years from Earth. . | Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new ...

Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful "zombie star" shooting through the Milky Way at more than 110,000 ... every credit card on our planet," NASA representatives wrote in a statement.

(Hubble is a joint project of NASA ... facts & history "For viewers in the southern hemisphere and some latitudes in the northern hemisphere, the SMC resembles a piece of the Milky Way that ...