Sagittarius A* may have merged with another supermassive black hole New data reveals why Sagittarius A* spins differently ...

Webb's imagery has enabled scientists to better study star formation in the outer Milky Way. A team of NASA astronomers recently pointed the spacefaring telescope toward the outskirts of our own ...

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

Here in the Lowcountry, the Milky Way often rises out over the Atlantic Ocean... meaning, beautiful views from our beaches at ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the ...

Sagittarius A* (pronounced Sagittarius A Star), the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, is spinning in an unusual way, and scientists now believe they may know why. Based on ...

Matthew Dominick/NASA A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has shared a breathtaking time-lapse video featuring Earth, an aurora, the Milky Way, and the station itself.

So, to better understand how the Milky Way looks from the outside, and to learn more about how it formed and is evolving, scientists have to study other spiral galaxies. One of the best examples ...