Scientists imaged the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, uncovering a curved plasma jet around what appears to be two merging ...

The galaxy, also known as M31, can be seen with the naked eye but appears more spectacular from areas with minimal light pollution.

Astronomers used the ALMA radio array in Chile to show that two narrow spiral arms are funneling gas toward the central ...

The nearby satellite galaxy M32 can also be seen as a bright ball on the upper edge of Andromeda's disk while the milky ...

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.

For more than a century and a half, astronomers have been captivated by the distant galaxy OJ 287, located about five billion ...