Astronomers have been baffled for decades by a cosmic deficit: the Milky Way’s calculated entourage of satellite galaxies is ...

Two minor meteor showers — the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids — peak overnight on July 29-30, making it a ...

The new moon arrives on July 24th, 2025, at 3:11 pm ET at 2°of Leo, bringing with it a rich opportunity for reflection.

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

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

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

Lead researcher Dr. Isabel Santos-Santos said, “We know of about 60 companion galaxies around the Milky Way, but we think ...

Dark energy, a mysterious force that scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening — which could result in the universe over the course of billions of ...

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