Astronomers investigate a far-distant galaxy that may be surrounded by some of the very first stars.

A new device will help reconstruct the formation of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

Scottish astronomers use the new space telescope to spy a candidate for the most distant galaxy.

Europe's Gaia space camera tracks everything that shines or moves in our Milky Way galaxy.

The Hubble telescope sees an individual star whose light has taken 12.9 billion years to reach us.

Their Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has already broken all records for 3D galaxy surveys.

The telescope has been 30 years in the making and is nearly ready to launch, but what makes it so special?

Researchers capture some of the most detailed images ever seen of galaxies in deep space.