Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes 64-m telescope, an international team of astronomers has ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

A repeating nova eruption in the Large Magellanic Cloud has shattered temperature records, revealing unexpected chemical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the N79 nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, O. Nayak, M. Meixner, ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.

Looking for a really big story, I naturally headed for "Galaxies in Collision." Bradley Whitmore of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore brought us up to speed. We've known for a ...

Two galaxies, consuming startlingly large swaths of sky, hover in the south: The Large Magellanic Cloud spans the width of about 14 full moons; the Small Magellanic Cloud, six. On this mountain ...

The halo is more extended that astronomers originally thought, and contains enough hydrogen gas to resolve the problem of the ...