Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are at war, with the larger of these dwarf galaxies ripping the other ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

In recent years, astronomers have been able to study the motion of the stars in the galaxy with outstanding precision. And ...

A team of researchers at Nagoya University has discovered evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud is potentially being torn ...

Scientists have found that our nearest galaxy is undergoing 'gradual destruction' and could change everything that we know ...

Scientists made the claim after analysing the data collected by the European Space Agency's recently retired Gaia spacecraft.

A team led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed new insights into the motion of ...

A quiet neighbour of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), appears to be falling apart. And scientists say they ...

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.

An illustration shows a large galaxy ripping a smaller galaxy ... history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way." The new findings could help scientists ...