How big is the universe? In this video, we embark on a journey from our solar system to the edge of the observable cosmos.

Zooming To The Center Of The Milky Way: GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 2 Date: September 22, 2009 Source: ESO Summary: The second of three images of ESO's GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online.

They often twirl around heavier ones, like our Milky Way, as satellite dancers. The dark matter distribution of a Milky Way ...

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how ...

Watch this amazing animation. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists captured the first-ever close-up picture of a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy, ushering in a new era of cosmic study. The European Southern Observatory (ESO ...

♪ The Milky Way is about to collide with another galaxy from our local group. ... If you zoom in on the spiral arm, it's exactly the same as what we see when we look into our own Milky Way.

The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen from ...

The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home […] ...