Related: Listen to a symphony for the Milky Way, made from real NASA data (video) Stars in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way float around their galaxy centers in mostly circular orbits.

THE Milky Way may have already commenced its ill-fated collision with a neighboring galaxy – and scientists predict this ...

You might wonder what would happen if our disk-shaped spiral galaxy were to one day collide with Andromeda, which is over twice the size of the Milky Way. Astronomers anticipate such a cosmic ...

The Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy, has been extensively studied by NASA. Infrared images illustrate polarized dust, while ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo named NGC 5668.

The newly discovered black hole-driven jets extend over 7 megaparsecs or 23 million light-years.

Space is really really big. Planet Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the galaxy. We know ...

NGC 5668, observed by Hubble, showcases rapid star formation and frequent supernovae, distinguishing it from our own galaxy.

The Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbor, glows brightly in a new Hubble Space Telescope image with ...

A recent study suggests that our Milky Way galaxy could be much larger than previously thought, potentially overlapping with ...

Galaxies are much bigger than we originally thought, extending far out into deep space — so far that the Milky Way likely ...

Computational craft artist Sarah Rosalena is set to make a significant impact in the upcoming Getty PST ART: Art & Science ...