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

In the first study of its kind, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan, along ...

When two galaxies collide and merge, star formation rates increase dramatically, Linden explained, resulting in the massive clumps that are not seen in other galaxies that are not undergoing mergers.

Scientists have long thought the Milky Way galaxy would someday collide with its closest neighbor, Andromeda. However, new research suggests the future of our cosmic home is more uncertain than ...

Here’s some good news: Our galaxy may not be destined to end in a fiery collision with the Andromeda galaxy as soon as previously thought. While earlier research regarded the collision as a virtual ...

Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.

The white galaxies seen here are bound in a cluster. The gravity from the galaxies and the dark matter bends the light from the more distant galaxies, creating contorted and magnified images of them.