Open star clusters are groups of stars in loosely-bound gravitational associations. The stars are further apart than the stars in…
ESA and NASA dusted off some old data from four retired space telescopes and combined forces to reveal new images…
The James Webb Space Telescope is now in the final phase of commissioning as it readies for science observations. Of…
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is over 200,000 light-years away, yet it's still one of our galaxy's closest neighbours in…
Astronomers have found a smaller, stellar-mass black hole lurking in a nearby satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. The…
Astronomers have known for years that galaxies are cannibalistic. Massive galaxies like our own Milky Way have gained mass by…
The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with…
The Magellanic Clouds are two of our closest neighbours, in galactic terms. The pair of irregular dwarf galaxies were drawn…
The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of dwarf galaxies that are bound to the Milky Way. The Milky Way is…
Massive galaxies like our Milky Way gain mass by absorbing smaller galaxies. The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic…