Lead researcher Dr. Isabel Santos-Santos said, “We know of about 60 companion galaxies around the Milky Way, but we think ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

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

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

The universe is far bigger and more interconnected than we can truly comprehend. Its scale is mind-bending. Driving around ...

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, ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C (Sgr C). Reported to be around 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central ...

“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

There's something neat that happens when the full moon is closer to the horizon, and we call it the "moon illusion." ...