"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...

Scientists may have finally hit upon the possible mysterious sources that have pumped heat and kept alive the fiery hot gas ...

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise ...

In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.

Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

Scientists announced Thursday that they had taken the first zoomed-in image of a dying star beyond our galaxy. The star is ...

Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...

Astronomers have captured the first detailed images of a star beyond our Milky Way galaxy on the verge of a supernova. The ...

The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...

Astronomers captured an unprecedented image of WOH G64, a red supergiant star in its final life stages, using advanced ...