"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The dark matter distribution of a Milky Way mass halo in a Lambda-cold dark matter (LCDM) ...

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite galaxies—up to 100 more than we currently know. These elusive "orphan" galaxies have ...

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies first ...

The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (...OK, about 2.5 million light-years beyond) our galaxy, the Milky Way. These galaxies are more than just neighbors: They're gravitationally bound. And for the ...

For decades, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way was an invisible monster, betrayed only by the way ...

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

In the vast expanse of the universe, the Milky Way Galaxy holds a special place in our hearts. It is our home, and after studying it for decades from our cosmic residence nestled within one of its ...