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New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...
The sight of the Milky Way stretching across the night sky is iconic, but some places offer a better view of it than others. These locations are among the best.
The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in our night sky. As soon as it gets dark ...
A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and ...
A recently discovered interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, could potentially be the oldest comet ever observed, predating our solar ...
In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.
There may be many more satellite galaxies in the Milky Way than have been observed, according to new Durham University ...
New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...
A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to discover REBELS-25, a Milky Way-like galaxy from the ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...
The LEGO Milky Way Galaxy set #31212 is currently $199.99 elsewhere (even during Prime Day), but Insiders members can get it ...