The Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy, has been extensively studied by NASA. Infrared images illustrate polarized dust, while ...

"You may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store," wrote Douglas Adams in his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, ...

Galaxies are much bigger than we originally thought, extending far out into deep space — so far that the Milky Way likely interacts with our closest neighbor ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo named NGC 5668.

THE Milky Way may have already commenced its ill-fated collision with a neighboring galaxy – and scientists predict this ...

NGC 5668, observed by Hubble, showcases rapid star formation and frequent supernovae, distinguishing it from our own galaxy.

The Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbor, glows brightly in a new Hubble Space Telescope image with ...

M33 is known to be a hotbed of star birth, forming stars at a rate 10 times higher than the average of its neighbor Andromeda ...

The Andromeda galaxy, a near twin of our Milky Way, is barreling toward us at a ... if you know where to look—Andromeda’s great spiral appears as a fuzzy smudge, faint but larger than the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a unique sight in the cosmos, which could help us understand how galaxies evolved ...