Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC ...

Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

The Sombrero galaxy has long had a place in astronomical history as an intriguing object. The first written record of this ...

Scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding, but new, sharper data from the James ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning imagery of barred spiral galaxy UGC 678. The galaxy is located about 260 million ...

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years ...

We've been told our Milky Way galaxy is hurtling towards an inevitable, head-on collision with its colossal neighbor, ...

Meet LEDA 42160, an unassuming name for what looks like a glowing ripple in the dark. Much like a cosmic bullseye, except ...

In about half the scenarios, the two galaxies pass close but don’t merge, instead continuing a kind of cosmic dance for ...

James Webb telescope helped solve a decade-long mystery about the universe’s expansion rate, shedding new light on the cosmic ...