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The Milky Way could be home to more galaxies than initially thought, scientists at Durham University discovered.

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

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

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the ...

Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before seen.

Astronomers now believe the Milky Way’s “inevitable” collision with a neighboring galaxy is much less likely than originally thought.

The long-proposed Milky Way and Andromeda galactic merger might not be as certain as astronomers previously believed.