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

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

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

Astronomers have discovered a massive and previously unknown cloud of gas and dust in a quiet corner of our Milky Way galaxy.

The Milky Way is not just a band of stars stretching across the night sky; it's a massive, dynamic galaxy spanning over 200,000 light-years and containing hundreds of billions of stars, planets, and ...

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

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

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

Scientists at Durham University in England have identified signs that up to 100 extremely faint galaxies may be orbiting the ...

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

"Once you do, it's just spectacular," said Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.