An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

Researchers may have found our galaxy's missing companions, further bolstering science's most widely accepted cosmological ...

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the ...

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

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.

This edition of Space and Astronomy News explores the first potential exoplanet outside our galaxy, Blue Origin’s plans for a ...

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...