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The results enhance our understanding of massive star and cluster formation mechanisms in the Milky Way and offer valuable insights for future related studies.

The Solar System, home to Earth and countless other fascinating planets and moons, exists within the Milky Way galaxy. But exactly where are we in this vast galaxy? The Milky Way is a massive ...

Scientists think the strange orbits of stars near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, might be due to a past collision.

Recent astronomical observations have confirmed that the Andromeda Galaxy is on a collision course with our Milky Way, signaling the beginning of an epic cosmic event. Located 2.5 million light ...

New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and faint "orphan" galaxy companions.

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite galaxies—up to 100 more than we currently know. These elusive "orphan&quot ...

Representations of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut on 3,000-year-old coffins shows evidence of the galaxy being accurately represented.

Finding dark dwarfs would go a long way to answering the question about the nature of dark matter. If we could detect some dark dwarfs, it would bolster the idea that dark matter is WIMPs.

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the Big Bang.