Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

There may be many more satellite galaxies in the Milky Way than have been observed, according to new Durham University ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

The Milky Way could be home to more galaxies than initially thought, scientists at Durham University discovered.

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

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

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic time to 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before seen.

The spiral galaxy is the Milky Way’s closest neighbor.

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the cosmos has a light show of its own in store for stargazers later in the ...