Milky Way's spiral was a late addition
34196
Galactic home improvement Scientists think they have found evidence that the middle of our galaxy formed separately and at a different time to the spiralling arms in which we reside.â¦
670523
The Universe is not as violent a place as we thought, an Australian astronomer has found. &quot;Galactically speaking, things seem to be a little bit safer out there,&quot; said Graham, whose research supports the idea
148593
The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier on Tuesday. The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly discovered worlds much
290724
Astronomers spot a space oddity in Earth's neighbourhood: a dead star with unusual characteristics.
746510
Andromeda, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, is shown here in this wide-field optical image from Kitt Peak. The central region of Andromeda is shown in a composite image, with X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) combined with the optical image.
374395
Newly discovered galactic highways cut across the Milky Way at odd angles, bringing stars through the neighborhood of our solar system.
200552
The astronomers uncovered evidence about the origin of the universe and how it grew into galaxies.
382579
Several hundred images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have been woven together into a rich tapestry of at least 50,000 galaxies.
556102
A young star speeding away from the Milky Way is in fact an alien visitor, astronomers have confirmed. The wayward object is one of several rogues that are giving astronomers a glimpse into the volatile nature of our galaxy and others.
128160
European Southern Observatory -- Anybody who visits a high-altitude astronomical observatory at this time of the year will be impressed by the beauty of the Milky Way band that stretches across the sky.     Compared to the poor views from cities and other human conglomerations, the dark and bright nebulae come into view together with an astonishing palette of clear stellar colours...
12153
A systematic search for the first bright galaxies to form in the early universe has revealed a dramatic jump in the number of such galaxies around 13 billion years ago.
405545
US astronomers have discovered massive new galaxies evolving in our corner of the universe. This means that galaxy-forming processes thought to have ended eons ago continue relatively nearby
544796
Since a Nobel-winning discovery, cosmology has gotten more complicated.
389662
Galaxies that formed just 700 million years after the birth of the universe have been detected by scientists in California and Japan.
697444
Astronomers have found what they believe to be several of the earliest star-forming galaxies, in a detailed analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images released earlier this year.
184686
Science & environment: Telescope reveals in unprecedented detail the interaction of two neighbouring galaxies 300m light years from Earth.
145485
Astronomers find the evidence that ties the structure of the present Universe with ripples in the density of matter just after the Big Bang.