NGC 1786’s mixed-age stars suggest globular clusters aren’t one-generation wonders, offering fresh clues to galaxy formation far beyond the Milky Way.

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

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.

Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New ...

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

An international team of astronomers has uncovered a new class of radio-emitting celestial object that could redefine what we ...

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Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...