The new image is an up-close view of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's nearest neighbors. The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A supermassive black hole erupts with a massive jet of energy that could wipe out life in its ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 35th birthday this month - and to celebrate, it has released a stunning new image taken of a section of the Milky Way. Hubble has taken photos of NGC 346 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The JWST's image of the Big Wheel galaxy, a massive rotating disk 11.7 billion light-years away.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have at last identified what’s believed to be the edge of the Milky Way ...

All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s demise isn’t estimated to occur for at least another 4 or 5 billion years, when astronomers believe it will start ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

One of the most compelling aspects of this image is how it portrays the Milky Way edge-on. The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy spanning roughly 100,000 light-years across.

A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang, which gave birth to the universe some 13.8 ...

There is something truly magical about photographing the Milky Way. A blend of careful planning, technical skill and a little luck with the weather, it is an adventure that tests patience and ...

After more than a decade of delivering groundbreaking discoveries from the far reaches of our galaxy, the Gaia spacecraft officially completed its mission and was shut down on March 27 due to its ...