New research suggests that the Milky Way may host more satellite galaxies than previously predicted, thanks to advanced ...

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

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

New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...

The Milky Way could have more satellite galaxies than previously thought, according to new research. Cosmologists at Durham ...

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

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

In the vast expanse of the universe, there are cosmic giants so enormous that they stretch our understanding of scale and ...

A century ago, the “universe” was defined as the Milky Way galaxy. Heretics who disagreed had long been ridiculed— until science staged what became known as the Great Debate, on April 26 ...

NARRATOR: The Milky Way, our home, formed not long after the Big Bang. One of trillions in the universe. This is our galaxy. ♪ Billions of planets orbiting billions of stars.

MIT astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, hidden in the Milky Way’s "halo." These stars are thought to have formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago.

A team at MIT discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe — 12 to 13 billion years old — hidden in the Milky Way’s Halo. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!