The newly detected Zhúlóng galaxy shares many similar features with the Milky Way galaxy and has been named after a mythical ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This "twin" of the Milky Way ... high-quality images of one ...

Heart and Soul nebulae: NASA's Wide-field Infrared ... up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Pillars of Creation: A breathtaking image resembling desert spires, filled with ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Powers of 10 video, which came out in the 1970s. Perhaps you remember it, with the narrator taking us both outward toward the fathomless end of the Universe ...

In a serendipitous cosmic discovery, astronomers have found a colossal galaxy that looks just like our own Milky Way ... using NASA's powerful James Well Space Telescope. Stunning images ...

The composite image makes it look as though the ... in one of the closest star-forming regions of our Milky Way galaxy, according to NASA. A light-year is equivalent to almost 6 trillion miles ...

A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing images of tens ... million stars in the Milky Way, NASA said.