An extreme protocluster gathering of infant galaxies is hiding a vast cosmic fuel tank that is powering 400 million years of ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

Comprised of over 2,000 galaxies, the Virgo cluster is located about 54 million light-years away. Astronomers made these composite images from the advanced camera's full field-of-view observations.

The Earth is in a galaxy called the Milky Way, which is in the Local Group in the Virgo Supercluster ... show evidence of star cluster migration and merger in dwarf galaxies.

A few hours after sunset, Virgo has cleared the horizon and appears ... and without the arms and other structures found in spiral galaxies. But if it’s a spiral you want, you’re in luck ...

M87 is a galaxy located near the center of the Virgo cluster, sixty million light-years ... the Milky Way to try their hand at a few nearby galaxies, they saw little more than dim gray smudges.

There are three major galaxies in the local group: Andromeda, Milky Way, and Triangulum. Many more are still unconfirmed. Containing at least 100 galaxy groups, the Virgo Super cluster is a colossal ...