Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

Purple life might not simply exist. It might even be common. The most abundant stars in our Milky Way galaxy are small red stars, called red dwarf stars. (The closest star to Earth is a red dwarf ...

Breathtaking photos of this month's total lunar eclipse capture a blood red moon and star-studded Milky Way over NOIRLab's ...

And its metallic purple casing is a real show-stopper, with its Milky Way-style waves and swirls. The effect has been created by adding a purple ion plated (IP) coating to the case and using laser ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An international ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way ... A smaller galaxy wouldn't have lasted—there would be no gas left, just a collection of aging red stars." ...

The outflow is about 625 light-years from Earth in one of the closest star-forming regions of our Milky Way galaxy, according to NASA. A light-year is equivalent to almost 6 trillion miles ...