Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way.

If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...

According to new research, the earliest seeds of structures may have been laid down by gravitational waves sloshing around in ...

The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

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The competition is organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, England, in association with BBC Sky at Night ...

Find the best telescopes to unlock the wonders of the night sky and view lunar occultations, celestial conjunctions and planetary parades in January. "There are telescopes tailored to all sorts of ...

To see distant galaxies and fainter star clusters, time a trip around a new moon, when the night is at its darkest.

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This year was no exception: over the course of 2024, the JWST delighted scientists and amateur astronomers alike with everything from spectacular pictures of nebulae and colliding galaxies to ...

I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen the Ring Nebula. It’s a favourite amongst stargazers around the globe and ...

His research led to the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (NGC), which was initially an index of 7,840 astronomical objects such as galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulas.