A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

For many years, scientists have tried to understand how the Milky Way is positioned in space, and how it moves together with ...

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(CN) — A nearby galaxy may be falling apart, and its larger neighbor could be the reason why. Astronomers studying the Small Magellanic Cloud — a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from Earth — ...

A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral structure. But while it is impossible to get a full ...

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Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor galaxy by a telescope in ...