Tag: Milky Way

The Hydra cluster of galaxies

Within our own Milky Way galaxy, two bright, spiky stars stand like sentinels in...

NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy

The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual.

Messier 2

After the Crab Nebula, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th centu...

St Andrews astronomers help make the most extensive map...

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have been involved in one of the m...

Three sky arches over snowy Alps

Why are there three arches across the sky instead of two?

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our ...

New image reveals secrets of Milky Way galaxy in stunni...

Largest ever image obtained by specialist telescope in Chile represents scientif...

B93: A Dark interstellar ghost

"A ghost in the Milky Way…” says Christian Bertincourt, the astrophotographer be...

Planetary Nebula Abell 7

Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies ...