An international team of astronomers has performed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a compact stellar system ...

The far outskirts of our galaxy are teeming with activity. Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a distant zone dubbed the "Extreme Outer Galaxy," and zoomed in on dense ...

Astronomers using ALMA have made the first spatially resolved detection of protostellar jets and outflows in the Milky Way’s outer region. Observations of Sh 2-283-1a SMM1 reveal episodic ejections ...

Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 ...

A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy, this ...

Explore the vast and mesmerizing beauty of the deep universe with our latest video, "Deep Universe: Relaxing Video from Outer Galaxies." Journey through the outer galaxies, where vibrant nebulae and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spent three years observing remote galaxies, black holes and distant planets, but its latest discovery was a little bit closer to home. A team of NASA astronomers ...

An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) The far outskirts of our galaxy are teeming ...