American astronomer Edwin Hubble (after whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named) coined the term “Local Group” for the galaxies he had identified as moving through space with the Milky Way. The term ...

(A) Dark matter distribution in our neighborhood in the Universe, the so-called Local Group of galaxies. The two large dark matter halos correspond to those of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy; (B) ...

Advanced cosmological models suggest up to eight starless dark galaxies lie hidden in the immediate vicinity of the Milky Way ...

Astronomers from the Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and elsewhere have discovered a rare isolated group of five star-forming dwarf galaxies in the local universe. The finding was reported in ...

If you want to pinpoint your place in the universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky Way Galaxy->Local Cluster->Virgo Cluster->Virgo Supercluster->Laniakea.

A faint dwarf galaxy drifting 45 million light-years from Earth may have joined one of astronomy’s strangest clubs. It ...

A high-resolution colour image showing the central galaxies NGC5713 and NGC5719 taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam at the Subaru telescope in Hawaii. A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as ...

Satellite galaxies are low-mass companions bound to more massive host galaxies within a common dark matter halo. In the Local Group—dominated by the Milky Way and Andromeda—these satellites exhibit a ...

There is a pattern found in nature. It is indeed the largest pattern there is. It is so vast that it spans the universe, filling up its observable volume. The pattern is made of individual units in ...