American astronomer Edwin Hubble (after whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named) coined the term “Local Group” for the galaxies he had identified as moving through space with the Milky Way. The term ...

In recent groundbreaking research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists from the University of Queensland have provided insights into the likely fate of our galaxy ...

A high-resolution colour image showing the central galaxies NGC5713 and NGC5719 taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam at the Subaru telescope in Hawaii. A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as ...

A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as it tracks a course to collide with neighbouring galaxies, a new survey has found. A high-resolution colour image showing the central galaxies ...