The Milky Way’s 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds
The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year…
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A giant wave in the Milky Way may have been created by another galaxy
Was the Milky Way set rippling by another galaxy?Buradaki/Alamy The Milky Way appears to have…
Astronomers measure ‘warp speed’ of Milky Way galaxy
The warp in the Milky Way's spiral disk is precessing backward under the influence of…
Milky Way neighbor galaxy suggests dark matter interacts with itself
A galaxy floating alongside our own some 380,000 light-years from Earth could offer fresh clues…
NASA telescope spots ‘cosmic fireworks’ and faint echos from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Astronomers have spotted flares and echos coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart…
Milky Way’s biggest stellar-mass black hole lurks close to Earth
The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth!…
Very Large Telescope snaps gorgeous shot of Milky Way’s star-studded core (photo)
A new view from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) captures the…
One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way is hiding a second galaxy behind it, new research reveals
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a nearby galaxy that is very familiar to astronomers —…
Hubble Telescope sees a bright ‘snowball’ of stars in the Milky Way’s neighbor (image)
Even if dreams of a white Christmas fail to come true this year, the Hubble…
Astronomers Spy First Star-Forming Disk beyond the Milky Way
Making stars is a messy business. Although the process takes far longer than any human…