The Hubble Space Telescope has captured spectacular images of a barred spiral galaxy called IC 486, according to a press release by NASA. It is located on the edge of the constellation Gemini (the ...

The Vela Supercluster, in our Milky Way's Zone of Avoidance, is competing gravitationally with other superclusters for the ...

This galactic collision might be more impactful than you think.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ...

How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of ...

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to map the galaxy’s hidden structures. The image is sharper, deeper, and ...

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The largest 3D map of the universe, created based on data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail.

Wayfair’s Way Day Sale is arguably the retailer’s best deals event of the year and it’s finally here. From now through April 27 you can save up to nearly 80 percent on popular brands and stock up on ...

Two passenger planes averted disaster when they were forced to abort their landings after nearly colliding — coming less than 400 feet of each other as they approached the tarmac at John F. Kennedy ...