The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most detailed image yet of the Antennae Galaxies. Hubble previously ...

Another of the star-forming regions of the Milky Way observed by VISTA as part of the survey is Messier 17, also known as the ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

Milky Way: It’s a spiral galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light-years. The Carina Nebula, with an overall diameter of more than 200 light- years, is one of the outstanding ...

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The Godzilla Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius that resembles the movie monster Godzilla. The image was captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

From the iconic 'Pillars of Creation' to the vivid colours of the Lagoon Nebula, check out these 7 astonishing photos of ...