Although it may not appear extraordinary at first glance, NGC 5668 spans about 90,000 light-years, similar in size and mass to our Milky Way galaxy, and its nearly face-on view reveals open spiral ...
In a study published today in Nature Astronomy, we reveal the first detailed picture of the gas shroud around a galaxy, extending 100,000 light years out into "empty" space. If our own Milky Way has a ...
Planets beyond the solar system are called exoplanets. Scientists searching for exoplanets that possibly could harbor life ...