Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. And it is getting closer, as the two will merge in several billion years. It has been an object of study for centuries, but we have never seen ...

This panorama started about a decade ago with the ... studies of large spiral galaxies,” Chen said. Though the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies formed presumably around the same time many ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

From vibrant star-forming nebulae to supernova explosions, check out these 7 astonishing images of deep space shared by NASA.

This panorama started with the Panchromatic Hubble ... of Andromeda's merger history and disk evolution. Though the Milky Way and Andromeda formed presumably around the same time many billions ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning panoramic view of the Milky Way's closest celestial neighbor, which is schedule to collide with our own galaxy in approximately 4.5 billion years.

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

2411.16866 Sergey Khoperskov et al, Rediscovering the Milky Way with orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data III. Panoramic view of the bulge, arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.18182 ...

Panorama of Nearest Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars On a crisp, clear autumn night, you can see the most distant object visible to the naked eye — the stunning Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and can be seen with the naked eye on a clear autumn night as “a faint ...