Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bode's Galaxy (M81) can be ...

Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Cigar Galaxy, also known as M82, billowing red smoke into space. While this starburst galaxy's recent close encounter with the large ...

UA scientists, in conjunction with a group of international researchers, have discovered that the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy 430,000 light years away is nearly flat, making it different from previously ...

Supernova 2014J in the galaxy M-82, before (2004) and after (January 2014). Credit: Chabot Space & Science Center, Conrad Jung Once upon a time in a galaxy 12 million light years away, a tiny white ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hanging over the scruff of Ursa Major's neck some 12 million light-years from Earth, a cluster of ...

Yesterday morning, the world woke up to an exceedingly rare astronomical delight: A nearby star going supernova. Located in galaxy Messier 82 (M82, the Cigar Galaxy), just 11 million light years away, ...

An exploding star has suddenly appeared in the night sky, dazzling astronomers who haven't seen a new supernova so close to our solar system in more than 20 years. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

This week’s naked-eye object is the ultra-faint constellation Sextans the Sextant. This is one of seven constellations still in use that German astronomer and celestial cartographer Johannes Hevelius ...