NGC 1786’s mixed-age stars suggest globular clusters aren’t one-generation wonders, offering fresh clues to galaxy formation far beyond the Milky Way.

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The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is one of the most fascinating objects in our night sky and is located relatively close to the Milky Way, making it an important focus for astronomers. This spiral galaxy, ...

With the continuous development of modern astronomical observation methods, the sky survey data obtained through observation has increased exponentially, and machine learning has gradually replaced ...

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

Credit: A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae © Shaoyu Zhang Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 million light years away, has fascinated observers for centuries. Once believed to be part ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the ...

An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...