Galaxies are collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter throughout the universe. Their size and scale can vary considerably. The Milky Way in which we live has 200 billion stars, which puts it ...

We might be very wrong about the shape of our galaxy. As Space.com notes, astronomers believe that the majority of known galaxies generally fall into one of three categories: elliptical, irregular, ...

Earth’s galactic home used to have a different shape. Thanks to a trove of images from heritage space telescopes, astronomers are learning more about the Milky Way’s past, and its future. Though no ...

The standard cosmology can answer almost nothing about how the structure of a galaxy is formed. It expects a supermassive black hole at the center and dark matter in the halo to explain the ...

From your place inside the Milky Way, you are living within a galaxy that keeps a detailed chemical diary. Every star holds ...

Scientists have reported something unexpected about the distinct populations of stars that make up the Triangulum galaxy: In this satellite galaxy, a close companion of the much larger Andromeda ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A team of astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has released new data from an ...

In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the universe. The research, made possible by ...

By studying hundreds of thousands of galaxies, the DEVILS team discovered strong links between a galaxy’s environment and its ...

Astronomers have been gazing at the Triangulum galaxy for centuries. But they’ve never seen it quite like this. On Jan. 11 at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, a team ...