The Milky Way has a number of satellite galaxies; nearly 60 of them, depedending on how we define them. One…
Astronomers are very sure that dark matter exists, but they're not sure at all what it's made of. The problem…
There's a lot of mysterious goings-on at the center of the Milky Way. The supermassive black hole that resides there…
Photographer Eric Brummel has created a stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way. Time-lapses of the Milky Way are not rare,…
Even though the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a monster, it's still rather quiet. Called…
In the very early days of our Universe, just over 13 billion years ago, there was very little structure. There…
What happens when two galaxies collide? The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are on a collision course, and in…
Astronomers have known for some time that the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies will collide on some future date.…
Astronomers combing through data from the ESA's Gaia spacecraft have discovered what they're calling a ghost galaxy. The galaxy, named…
The universe wasn't always such a well-lit place. It had its own Dark Ages, back in the days before stars…