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.

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 ...

To their surprise, the stars were not in some far off galaxy that only the ultra-powerful James Webb Space Telescope can spot. They are in our own galactic neighborhood inside the Milky Way’s ...

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 ...

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).

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