A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

The future of galaxies remains one of the most interesting topics for experts. In fact, they will not survive the passage of ...

Shapley's goal was to measure the size of the Milky Way — and hence the universe as he saw it — by creating the first official cosmic distance ladder. Cepheid variables that he identified in our ...

Like the Milky Way, it’s a spiral galaxy, but the distance between the two local giants may not be as great as previously thought. Presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting in ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

This stunning image of NGC 6951 is captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cepheus. It is located at a distance of about 75 million light-years ...

An official statement issued on Wednesday said that this length compares to roughly 10 times the size of the Milky Way’s ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Summer is the best time of year for seeing the Milky Way from the northern hemisphere—and parts of August are the very best.