Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, in a tribute to ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

Astronomers have found a remarkable pair of stars that may finally prove a long-debated theory. Described in the journal ...

Foreshadowing the great reflecting telescopes of the last century and a half, Lord Rosse managed in 1845 to erect a mighty ...

To make this thousand-color map, astronomers used over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer ( MUSE) instrument ...

Read The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

However, Sgr B2 appears to be the exception. Although its rate of present massive star formation is unusually low, like the ...

Caldwell 65, also known as the Sculptor Galaxy, was discovered in 1783 by British astronomer Caroline Herschel during her ...

At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, ...