Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

This time, the focus is on the remains of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the ...

Scientists say it's the earliest galaxy seen doing this (so far). Astronomers have caught an immensely ancient galaxy ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Discover the amazing similarities between Zhúlóng and the Milky Way, challenging our understanding of galaxy evolution.

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about the Milky Way, galaxies in Virgo, and Bob's latest award ...

What can magnetized stars, commonly called magnetars, teach astronomers about the distribution of heavy elements throughout ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

The Milky Way's twin from the dawn of time has been discovered thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. According to ...