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

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...

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

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." ...

Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...

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

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

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.

This edition of Space and Astronomy News explores the first potential exoplanet outside our galaxy, Blue Origin’s plans for a ...

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

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