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

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

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

The universe is undergoing an accelerated expansion, but the rate of that expansion has been a very controversial topic over ...

A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on ...

More information: Sanjaya Paudel et al, Discovery of a Rare Group of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Universe, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad8f3c ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured another stunning image of space, this time showing the dramatic scenes around a baby star. Very young stars can throw off powerful jets of hot gas as ...

"These galaxies are small, faint and rich in gas, yet all of them are actively forming new stars — a surprising trait for dwarf galaxies in a group," team leader Cristiano G. Sabiu of the ...

An international team of astronomers has managed to peer into the first billion years of the cosmos thanks to the Atacama ...

Meet The Satellite Galaxies. The Milky Way is not alone. It exists with over 50 other galaxies called the Local Group, which also includes Andromeda.

Space Colourful group of galaxies offers peek into history of the universe. There are thousands of galaxies contained in this image, including a cluster that looks to us as it was when the ...

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