Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins are uncertain, the comet is thought to come from a part of the Milky Way ...

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

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

"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." ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A cosmic void could be distorting how we see the universe expand. Sound from the Big Bang may hold the clues. According to astronomers, Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be located within a ...

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

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

The center of our galaxy is visible overnight on summer evenings, just off the tip of the Sagittarius Teapot’s spout in the ...