Latest galaxies Stories
The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start blowing our minds
A fully aligned James Webb Space Telescope captures a glorious image of a star
The most distant galaxy we’ve ever discovered might have closely followed the Big Bang
Travel to another galaxy with this vibrant 3D map of the cosmos
See Hubble’s captures of real-life star wars
Black holes have a reputation as devourers. But they can help spawn stars, too.
Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that envelopes our planet
Real shooting stars look a lot different than you’d expect
NASA’s Chandra spacecraft spies clover-shaped voids left by supermassive black holes
The Milky Way’s black hole spews hot jets that make monster bubbles
Astronomers may have found a galaxy that formed without dark matter
Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way
See galactic triplets play tug-of-war in Hubble’s latest snapshot
Scientists discovered four new Earth-sized rogue planets with no suns
Einstein Emoji, A Tsunami Of Stars, And More
Seeking The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy
The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies
Celebrate Hubble’s 25th Birthday With Its Most Gorgeous Images
Tiny galaxies may have brought the cosmos out of the dark ages
Behold six galactic collisions, masterfully captured by Hubble
These ghostly circles in the sky came out of nowhere
How one Turkish astronomer discovered a completely new kind of galaxy
Meet the disk-shaped halo of hot gas you currently live in
These two celestial bodies share a heartbeat, puzzling scientists
A local stellar graveyard could reveal our galaxy’s beginnings
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Hubble just captured this ‘fluffy’ galaxy in all its flocculent glory
NASA’s New Horizons is so far away, it’s seeing stars from new angles
Lowly slime molds are helping us map out the cosmos
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There’s a bizarre group of shapeshifting objects at the center of the Milky Way
The biggest gaseous structure in our galaxy is filled with baby star factories
There’s an ancient starburst in the heart of the Milky Way
Voyager 2′s journey beyond the solar system reveals new cosmic secrets
There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole
What shape is the universe?
A flashing mystery is unfolding at the center of the Milky Way
This seagull-shaped nebula is a hangout for baby stars
This mind-blowing 3D map reveals the Milky Way’s perplexing curves
The Milky Way has a long history of cosmic cannibalism
We may finally have a way to weigh the Milky Way
Astronomers found a stream of thousands of stars hiding in the Milky Way
The Milky Way is warped, but astronomers still aren’t sure why
The Milky Way could crash into another galaxy way sooner than we thought
How many stars are there in the whole galaxy?
Recent intergalactic flashes might help solve this great astronomical mystery
A tiny galaxy almost collided with the Milky Way and astronomers can see the effects
A massive, murky void in space has surprisingly few galaxies
It’s rude to ask a galaxy’s age. Luckily, its shape offers a clue.
Gravity and good timing helped the Hubble spot a star from the early universe
Why a galaxy with no dark matter could make it hard to prove there’s no dark matter
It turns out our galaxy isn’t as special as we thought
Scientists found something surprising at the heart of these jellyfish galaxies
Space Shots: The Universe’s Best Images
A warp in space-time just gave us four views of one exploding star
A ‘bridge of stars’ connects two of our closest galaxies
Here’s a tiny slice of the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos
The Universe May Contain 10 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought
One Of The Largest Objects In The Universe Is A Galaxy-Containing Blob
Astronomers Are Working To Figure Out Why The Milky Way Has A Hole In It
Over 80 Percent Of People On Earth Live Under Light-Polluted Skies
The 12 craziest Hubble pictures of all time
This Star Went Supernova With The Force Of 100 Million Exploding Suns
Check Out Models Of The Cosmic Web That Connects Galaxies
Supermassive Black Holes Are More Common Than We Thought
A Galaxy Extremely Far, Far Away