New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed surprising activity inside the Andromeda galaxy. The data ...

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

For years, astronomers have observed the strange motion of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s closest large galactic neighbor. While ...

On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are.

Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from ...

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

We live in a dark, dark, world. The post Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter appeared first on Futurism.

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

The solution to a persistent astronomical question that has puzzled scientists for half a century has emerged not from direct observation, but from the computing power of sophisticated computer ...

Durham researchers are pushing the boundaries of physics research, contributing to major advances in our understanding of the Universe. Our scientists are shaping global space missions, building key ...

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

Andromeda is also a flattened spiral like the Milky Way, but it's twice as large — 220,000 light-years across versus 105,000 for the Milky Way — and crammed with a trillion suns. Can you even begin to ...