"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

For the first time, astronomers have spotted and "weighed" a baby Milky Way-like galaxy lurking ... JWST to detect the far-flung galaxy — although the image is warped. This effect means the ...

The Milky Way seems to harbour a vast ... small waves in small portions of the galaxy that seem to have been made by clouds of stars and gas. The disc is warped in a static S-shape.

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using ...

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

a galaxy nearly twice the size of the Milky Way. Galactic collisions occur frequently in the universe, but the researchers highlight how rare it is for one galaxy to pass directly through the ...

Take a good, hard look at the Milky Way Galaxy in the image above - eventually, this view will be completely destroyed by a collision of galactic proportions. Earth itself will survive ...

right here in our galaxy! According to NASA, astronomers have discovered what is possibly a "scrawny" star speeding through the Milky Way with a planet in tow. If the system is confirmed ...