Research shows that galaxies form inside gigantic haloes of dark matter, the elusive substance that doesn't interact with ...

Scientists from the University of Southampton believe galaxies crashed together to create gigantic elliptical galaxies.

The universe is filled with galaxies, including our own Milky Way. When pictured, galaxies appear like fairly set areas with ...

Down here on Earth, if we’re lucky, we can spot the Milky Way glimmering in the night sky like a sparkling stretch of fog across space. It can be a rare sight, especially for city dwellers who ...

A new view of the Milky Way: Warped and twisted Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is "warped and twisted" and not flat as previously thought, new research shows. Analysis of the brightest stars in the ...

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...

An image showing the Milky Way as viewed from Earth, with the star icon showing the position of the mysterious repeating transient. Australian scientists say they have discovered an unknown ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.