This region, which lies about 58,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s center, has been captured in stunning detail by the James Webb telescope, revealing new insights into star formation in ...
Webb's imagery has enabled scientists to better study star formation in the outer Milky Way. A team of NASA astronomers recently pointed the spacefaring telescope toward the outskirts of our own ...
A famous example is the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' map, created in 1570, which features sea serpents and other sea monsters. Fast forward to today , and an unexplored Milky Way star cluster ...
Galaxies are much bigger than we originally thought, extending far out into deep space — so far that the Milky Way likely interacts with our closest neighbor ...