Some of the galaxies are located at the edge of the so-called "local group," a galactic collection that includes our home, the Milky Way, while others are more distant. The observations could help ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, two dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky WayWhere it is: 160,000 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has taken a breathtaking long-exposure photograph of two dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud ...

James Webb Telescope reveals hidden galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster, reshaping our understanding of cosmic evolution.

Don Pettit packed a home-made tracker to space, allowing him to bless our timelines with long-exposure images.

Some of these galaxies are well-known ... toward the edge of the Local Group, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian National Institute for ...

Astronomers from the Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and elsewhere have discovered a rare isolated group of five star-forming dwarf galaxies in the local universe. The finding was reported ...

The new images show these iconic galaxies in great detail ... dwarf Sextant A , are located on the edge of the so-called Local Group, which also includes our galaxy, the Milky Way, and are ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course, potentially ejecting 100 trillion stars and transforming into a new galaxy, “Milkomeda.” ...

One of the four galaxies involved is stirring up trouble by smashing through the group like a wrecking ball at 3.2 million kilometers (2 million miles) per hour. These findings will help ...