Astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and it was find out that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown effects. The galaxy also appears to be on a collision course with another giant galaxy in this very dynamic cluster.

The new observations reveal that Messier 87’s halo [...]

Draco is a long, glittering chain of faint stars that curls around between Ursa Major-the “Big Dipper” and Polaris-the “North Star“ on the east side.
It was one of the original 48 constellations charted by Ptolemy and was later adopted as one of the 88 modern constellations by the International Astronomical Union. This sprawling constellation covers [...]

A “bonanza” of new planets has been found at the heart of our galaxy, NASA astronomers according to the NASA astronomers.
In the region known as the Galactic Bulge, sixteen potential planets have been detected. The mass of stars and hot gas at the center of the Milky Way some 26,000 light-years away. Of the 16 [...]