Massive galaxies like our Milky Way gain mass by absorbing smaller galaxies. The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic…
It's possible that you've seen the Andromeda galaxy (M31) without even realizing it. The massive spiral galaxy appears as a…
This galaxy looks a lot like our own Milky Way galaxy. But while our galaxy is actively forming lots of…
A new study by an international team of astronomers has determined that stars in the Milky Way's halo actually formed…
Thanks to a new study by a team of Spanish researchers, the oldest star in the Milky Way may have…
Like tantalizing tidbits stored in the vast recesses of one's refrigerator, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have evidence of…
[/caption] The sprawling northern constellation of Draco is home to a monumental galactic merger which left a singular spectacle -…
[/caption] It's a great question that's now been validated by the Hubble Space Telescope. Recent observations have shown how galaxies…