The newly released Andromeda image represents a decade of careful tracking and uninterrupted observation. Scientists expected ...

Brecher's image reveals spectacular detail in the spiral arms of the 14,000- light-year wide galaxy, where dense dust lanes ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures imagery of globular cluster NGC 6325. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA/Hubble & ...

Although NGC 1511 is striking in appearance, it is not the kind of galaxy most would hope to live beside. Featured in this ...

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their ...

Edwin Hubble redefined the universe and Brazil declared a republic, amid other landmark events shaping history and science ...