Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Gaia has charted the cosmos since 2014, creating a vast encyclopedia of the positions and movements of celestial objects in our Milky Way and beyond. It is difficult to capture the breadth of ...

ESA's Gaia star surveying satellite launches European Space Agency starts to unfold atlas of 1 billion stars in 3D Carrying two telescopes, the spacecraft's mission was to map the Milky Way ...

The Milky Way may have a twin. The discovery of the most distant spiral galaxy to date may change the way we think about both ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

On this day in 2024, the East Anglian Daily Times reported that an image of the Milky Way had been captured over one of Suffolk's most popular beaches. Jon Allard, an astronomical photographer, took ...

A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could portend a terrifying future for life in the Milky Way. The discovery suggests that our models of galactic evolution could be inaccurate.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 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 ...

A galaxy from the early cosmos appears to mirror our Milky Way in shape, size ... That helped astronomers map more of the sky and find rare objects like Zhúlóng. New Tools, New Clues Christina ...