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Astronomers have captured a groundbreaking view of the Sculptor Galaxy, unveiling an image that displays the galaxy in over a thousand distinct colors. The work, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

Recent astronomical research indicates that our Earth may be embedded within one of the largest known structures in the observable universe. Scientists have identified a vast ring of galaxies that ...