New radio observations of the Milky Way are exposing hidden patterns in its magnetic field. People have scanned the night sky for ages, but some of the Milky Way’s most important features cannot be ...

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

In the close Universe, the distance typically is a predictor of speed: more distant galaxies recede more rapidly. Another ...

Scientists are mapping the Milky Way galaxy’s invisible magnetic field, revealing how it holds the galaxy together and ...

A series of high-resolution simulations has revealed a striking new perspective on theMilky Way’s position in the cosmos. Far ...

Inverclyde astronomy expert Stephen McAllister explains how he went about capturing the Andromeda galaxy on camera.

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

DID you know there’s a place in the UK so dark that you can see planets, shooting stars, and even the Northern Lights.

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

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in our galaxy, and it's just caught something extraordinary happening there.

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 vast "sheet" of dark matter could explain why almost all of our galactic neighbors are running away from us.