A galaxy neighbouring ours is transforming in unexpected ways – and it could change our view of space, researchers say. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is one of the closest neighbours to our ...

Credit: NASA/ESA Spring is almost here, which means it's galaxy season for amateur astronomers! Grab your telescope and join ...

The oxygen in a galaxy does not sit still. It spreads, thins out, piles up, and leaves behind a record of where stars formed, ...

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A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic ...

All galaxies are dominated by dark matter, an invisible "stuff" that outweighs all of the matter comprising stars, planets, and moons by around five to one. But in some galaxies, dark matter takes ...

A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic ...

Astronomers captured a colorful new portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, revealing complex clouds of gas in between the ...

You know that feeling when you find something hiding right where you’ve been looking all along? Astronomers just had that moment on a cosmic scale. A galaxy so faint, so nearly invisible that no one ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also caught a glimpse of one of the Milky Way's nearest galactic neighbors. When you ...

This new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001, framed against a bright background as it moves through the heart of galaxy cluster Abell 3627. ESA/Hubble ESA/Hubble A team of astrophysicists ...