A long-term survey of small, “satellite” galaxies that orbit larger galaxies across the universe offers new insights into our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Since 2012, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is what a recent study published in Physical Review Letters hopes to address as a ...

A series of high-resolution simulations has revealed a striking new perspective on theMilky Way’s position in the cosmos. Far ...

Big news for space enthusiasts: The James Webb Space Telescope, renowned for its remarkable ability to peer deep into the universe, has recently turned its gaze toward a particularly distant and ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the highest surface temperatures of any normal stars, so they emit copious amounts ...

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Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited ...

The James Webb Space Telescope peers at Sagittarius C, a star-forming region about 200 light-years from the Milky Way's central black hole. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / S. Crowe "A big question ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight ...

A potential dark galaxy — one made primarily of dark matter — may have been spotted in the local universe. Dark galaxies are theoretical, starless systems whose discovery could help astronomers better ...

Astronomers have spent decades hunting for dark matter by looking for light that isn’t ...