Astronomers have long considered it inevitable that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with the neighboring galaxy ...

Thirteen billion years ago, the gas and dust particles that eventually became our Milky Way were whizzing around in every ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope depicts the "extreme outer galaxy" in unprecedented detail, NASA researchers ...

By demonstrating the ability for joint observations at the short radio wavelength of 0.87mm, the Event Horizon Telescope has ...

The Milky Way appears to have a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. If confirmed, the structure might be a relic from a brush with another galaxy, but not all ...

Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. Black holes eat most ...

A cosmic train wreck may be looming in our future. The Andromeda galaxy, a near twin of our Milky Way, is barreling toward us at a staggering 110 kilometers per second. You can already see it ...

This region, which lies about 58,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s center, has been captured in stunning detail by the James Webb telescope, revealing new insights into star formation in ...

Using the newest, most accurate motion and mass data from the Gaia and Hubble space telescopes, the team simulated the movements of not just the Milky Way and Andromeda, but two other major ...

Our Milky Way galaxy is a cannibal. It has grown by consuming other galaxies. Yet, it too, may be destined to collide and merge with an even bigger galaxy: Andromeda. Though galaxy collisions are ...

The Event Horizon Telescope’s new abilities will help it see more details in the ring of light surrounding a black hole’s shadow. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which is a collaboration of ...