Astronomers trace the Small Magellanic Cloud’s unusual stellar motions to a past cosmic encounter.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...
The Sun may have been part of a small group of stars that migrated from the core of our galaxy between 4 and 6 billion years ago.
Earth is not only orbiting the Sun it is also traveling through the Milky Way on an enormous galactic journey. In this video ...
Most of the (dark) matter beyond the Local Group of galaxies (which includes the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy) must be ...
Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.
Get ready, stargazers: The Milky Way could be coming to a sky near you. Our galaxy is positively teeming with billions of stars that become bright and vibrant in the cosmos at certain times of the ...