Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

Researchers may have found our galaxy's missing companions, further bolstering science's most widely accepted cosmological ...

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have ...

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." ...

New research suggests that the Milky Way may host more satellite galaxies than previously predicted, thanks to advanced ...

The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...

New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...

New research from Durham University suggests there could be around 100 hidden galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. These faint ...

Scientists at Durham University in England have identified signs that up to 100 extremely faint galaxies may be orbiting the ...