The Whirlpool galaxy (M51) is a classic grand spiral galaxy. It was the first object identified as a spiral, way back in 1845 ...

Artistic illustration of how the Milky Way’s disc may have shifted by more than 90 degrees. The faint outline shows its possible former orientation, while the surrounding stellar halo preserves clues ...

New research suggests the Milky Way's disc flipped after a head-on collision with Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus. The finding may ...

Astronomers found the most distant nuclear disc ever seen, showing galaxies became organized far earlier in the Universe than ...

The Milky Way may have undergone a dramatic change in orientation during its history, according to new research that helps ...

Astrophotographer Sadeq Hayati spills his secrets to snapping stunning night sky images without a big, fancy camera.

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We are still not sure what the correct expansion rate of the universe is; stellar astronomers have now put forward a ...