We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC ... our neighboring galaxy. The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

It is the largest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that hosts a 100-million-year-old globular cluster that has been ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

the nebulae form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. NGC 602: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy ...

"It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the universe beyond the Milky Way galaxy, but his work ... images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable ...

Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite of our Milky Way Galaxy, this region is a host to many burgeoning stars. N79 is a 1,630-light-year-wide region containing three distinct ...

NGC 300 is a small galaxy in a relatively ... of a massive companion like the Milky Way, which affects nearby small galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud. It's almost a bit like looking at ...