The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

This space wallpaper from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile shows two dramatic star formation regions in the southern Milky Way.

The wave is about 200,000 light years across, which is twice the size of the Milky Way, and scientists believe ... and combined it with 5.8 days of wide-field observations to make an X-ray image ...

A mysterious object identified at the centre of the Milky Way allegedly defies all known ... The object, now referred to as the Millimeter Ultra-Broad Line Object (MUBLO), was detected during ...

For most people, the decision of which wallpaper to choose ... I do quite a lot of starscapes and Milky Way shots but this was the first time I brought a decent wide angle and full size tripod ...

A new satellite galaxy discovered orbiting the Milky Way is either an incredibly ancient, soon-to-fragment clump of stars or the most dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy ever found. When you ...

Discovered in 1912, cosmic rays arrive from almost every direction in the Milky Way, though scientists have yet to determine exactly how they reach their ultra-fast speeds, according to NASA.

The Magellanic Clouds are two satellite galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. Between them ... a few months ago revealed its true nature as an ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar (ULXP).

A potential, ultra-rare cataclysmic collision between two decaying stars in the Milky Way galaxy could strip the Earth of its protective ozone layer and induce a mass extinction of all life forms on ...

A hypervelocity star is an ultra-fast star that researchers believe has brushed past the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. But the star, unlike our Sun ...

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