Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

The eight ripples seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in this cosmic scene marks the most ever seen in any galaxy, and data ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

This data set is revolutionizing our understanding of how Milky Way-like galaxies form and evolve.” This panorama started with the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) program about a decade ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf ...

The Hubble Space Telescope ... active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic collision. NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy, an "enticing ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image ... The objects in this image that are nearest to us are stars within our own Milky Way galaxy. You can easily spot these stars by their diffraction ...

Nature of the nebulae In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used the newly invented telescope to show that the Milky Way was composed ... it appears. Hubble worked hard, taking images of spiral ...

Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting ... Co./Getty Images If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety ...