The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends." ...

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared gaze towards Sagittarius B2, the largest star-forming region in the ...

About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects may still be seen today.

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

Base in Ajo then roll into Organ Pipe after dusk for silent desert roads and a bright Milky Way stretching over forests of saguaro.