Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the ...

For years, many major simulations handled galaxy gas with a workaround. They stopped it from cooling below about 10,000 ...

The Milky Way may not have a sharp edge, but scientists have now found where its star-forming activity largely comes to an ...

New simulations show that early ultraviolet light controlled whether ultra-faint dwarf galaxies could form stars.

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a ...

Citizen science project uses Euclid telescope data to find gravitational lenses. Public helps identify light-bending galaxies ...

The study of galaxies and their star formation processes remains a cornerstone of modern astrophysics. Galaxies are the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, each hosting a complex interplay of ...

Professor Woong-bae Zee of the College of Liberal Studies at Sejong University has revealed that a galaxy does not possess only a single evolutionary pathway; instead, depending on the nature of its ...

Supermassive black holes, the enigmatic cosmic giants residing at the centers of most galaxies, have long been regarded as destructive forces. However, a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

Abstract : Weighing in at 1042 kilograms and measuring 1021 meters across, galaxies are perhaps the most awe-inspiring objects known to mankind. They are also the only places in an otherwise dark and ...