The third object known to have entered the Solar System from interstellar space has an origin unlike either of its ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen - possibly predating our solar ...

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

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

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than ...

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...