There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers.

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

According to Al Bayan newspaper, Ibrahim Al-Jarwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Astronomical Society, said, "Summer nights are the best time to observe the Milky Way, especially ...

IC 1101 holds the title of the largest galaxy known to humanity, and its colossal size is almost beyond comprehension.

I’m not sure whether it was elementary school science classes or Fred Flintstone’s Brontosaurus burgers that made the giant herbivore one of the most recognizable dinosaurs to me as a kid. But for ...

Hubble’s crystal-clear look at NGC 1786—an ancient globular cluster tucked inside the Large Magellanic Cloud—pulls us 160,000 ...