Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that Leo ...

NASA has released this photomosaic in two images that can be downloaded from its website: ...

In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

This colorful view of N79 centers on a star-forming molecular cloud complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is currently on his third stay on the International Space Station where he works with other astronauts to conduct experiments and maintain the celestial outpost. But in his ...

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe transformed cosmology, revealing countless galaxies and laying the ...

So there you have it, folks – seven of Ohio’s most exciting mini golf courses. The open road is waiting! Let this map guide ...

There’s plenty of action at the center of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) literally holds the galaxy together. Part of that action is the creation ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it -- the flickering star is 2.2 million ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...