A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests.
New evidence suggests that conditions in the early universe may have shaped star formation in surprising ways.
The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it ...
A blast of X-rays was seen coming from within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.