A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...

Astronomers hypothesize that a long-ago dwarf galaxy dubbed Loki may have merged with the Milky Way when our galaxy was in ...

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it ...

A panoramic mosaic, which has been enlarged 600 times, highlights the structures of a spiral galaxy along with 260 sightings ...

New data suggests our galaxy may reside in an immense basin of gravitational attraction far larger than Laniākea.

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto has found what ...

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large ...

Using the VISTA telescope, the European Southern Observatory put 13 years of work into the map, which consists of 200,000 ...

Scientists from the SAGA Survey have studied 101 Milky Way-mass galaxies, revealing that our galaxy may have fewer satellite ...

New research suggests that the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole formed from a merger with another black hole ...

"This is just 1% of the map, and yet it is full of a variety of sources that will help scientists discover new ways to ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...