As an analogy, consider the shape of our galaxy, the Milky Way. We can infer that it is a spiral based on maps of the stars in its spiral arms, but we cannot go outside the galaxy to see this ...

Astronomers uncover a young galaxy similar to the Milky Way, shedding light on its early formation just 600 million years ...

The Firefly Sparkle galaxy is so named because it resembles a "sparkle" or swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night.

Kartheik Iyer, a NASA Hubble Fellow at Columbia University in New York, was the co-author on the paper on Firefly Sparkle. It ...

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks ...

What was the Milky Way like billions of years ago? One way we can find out is by looking at the most distant galaxies in the ...

For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has detected and "weighed" a galaxy that not only existed ...

“By examining these photos of the Firefly Sparkle, we can better understand how our own Milky Way took shape. ...There is so much going on inside this tiny galaxy, including so many different phases ...

The Milky Way stands out as an exception, with a reduced number of companions orbiting it ... While many questions remain unanswered, the SAGA Survey provides a broader perspective on the mechanisms ...