New research suggests that the Milky Way and our entire Local Group of galaxies are embedded in a vast sheet of dark matter, challenging traditional cosmological models.

The enigma ties in with the American astronomer Edwin Hubble’s discovery nearly a century ago that the universe is expanding.

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The northern sky's greatest galaxy gets its familiar name from the northern constellation where it resides, Andromeda the ...

Peter Aleshire’s article about Meteor Crater, published in the Jan. 16 Independent, combined in my mind with an article I wrote that was published on Nov. 22, 2024 about the ...

While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

Molecular clouds are huge masses of gas and dust that are remnants of galaxy formation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. ...

"This is one of my favourite galaxies for testing new equipment." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astrophotographer Ronald ...