A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just ... It's five times more massive than the Milky Way, for context, stretches ...

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 ...

The smallest, dimmest galaxy orbiting Andromeda to date. Image: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan McConnachie; Image processing: Marcos Arias A group of astronomers has discovered ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford) Deep in the heart of the Milky Way lies a bustling region near to the galaxy’s ...

Yet somehow, this tiny galaxy survived without being fried. "These are fully functional galaxies, but they're about a millionth of the size of the Milky Way," team member and University of ...

Here's how his beautiful picture of the Milky Way seen above a mountain in Norway looks on the new iPhone: Haagensen took the photo that will be preloaded onto millions of new iPhones last ...