A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

NGC 5042 is a breathtaking spiral galaxy showcasing a brilliant mix of ancient stars, young blue clusters, and vibrant pink H ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a front-row seat to some of the most extraordinary sights in the ...

A research team studying these galaxies found that around half of the ones they investigated showed signs of motion that defy ...

Faint galaxies in the Hydra cluster exhibit rotational movement, reshaping theories on their formation and evolution.

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

She also noted that the measured velocity of stars and gas in our galaxy suggests "an overall rotational motion that differs from random motions," and that's "another characteristic of a spiral ...

The image, which was originally revealed back in January 2013, is a composite of a giant barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 6872. This beautiful and shining galaxy is believed to be the largest ...

Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy rotating around a central point. Our Sun is on one of the spiral arms as shown in the diagram: The Sun's orbital speed is determined almost entirely by the ...