Learn about the Great Attractor, a region of the universe that is constantly pulling the Milky Way and thousands of other ...

Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have pinned down the distance to NGC 6397, one of the Milky Way’s nearest ...

Chinese astronomers have conducted observations and analyses of star clusters in the outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy — the ...

Understanding the nature of our cosmos requires an accurate map of how galaxies are spread throughout it. For decades, ...

Astronomers have discovered the faintest star cluster known, a "ridiculously dim" tiny glob of stars on the outskirts of our Milky Way. The globular cluster is so faint, it is pushing the boundaries ...

Ursa Major III orbits the Milky Way at a distance of 32,600 light-years. Until now, it was considered a dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Normally such a faint object wouldn’t be classified as such, but ...

Unusual stellar remnants suggest the Milky Way might have eaten a galaxy called Loki billions of years ago, according to new ...

A new image from Nasa’s Webb Telescope captures a stunning new look at Messier 90 (M90), a massive spiral galaxy escaping the Virgo Cluster and heading toward the Milky Way, Earth’s home galaxy.

As winter's brilliant stars slip toward the western horizon and the constellations of spring climb higher, Northern ...

Here’s a hand-wavy attempt: a galaxy is a collection of stars, gas, dust and dark matter all held together by mutual gravity.

A new study puts Ursa Major III, a ghostly satellite of our Milky Way, under the microscope. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...