The Vera Rubin Observatory has just delivered its first cosmic revelation—and it’s a spectacular one. During its Virgo First ...

Despite the previous belief that our galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda would eventually merge in about 5 billion years, forming what they call Lactomed, a new analysis has reached a different ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

An artist's concept depicts the Milky Way galaxy and its spiral shape. Our solar system is located in one of the spiral arms. - NASA/JPL-Caltech A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its ...

Astronomers caught a rogue black hole tearing apart a star 2,600 light-years from its galaxy’s center — a first-of-its-kind ...

Astronomers have clocked a cosmic collision at 3.2 million km/h (2 million mph). A new instrument has spotted a galaxy crashing through a group of others at incredible speeds, creating a shock wave ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s ...