New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

"It's only because this object is so extreme that we can observe it from Earth, even though it's really far away," Anniek ...

根据南非射电天文台发布的消息，这一巨型射电星系距离地球约14.4亿光年，其长度达到330万光年，真可谓是宇宙中的庞然大物。研究团队将这个新发现的星系命名为“Inkathazo”，这个名字取自南非科萨语和祖鲁语，意为“麻烦”，正如论文通讯作者、南非开普 ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

In a nutshell A rare cosmic alignment has given astronomers an unprecedented view of two galaxies from 7 billion years ago, ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.