There are a number of dark chocolate bars to choose from at the grocery store, but some offerings are more satisfying than ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...

Shapley suspected the spiral nebulas to simply be stars forming on the edge of the Milky Way. Shapley's goal was to measure the size of the Milky Way — and hence the universe as he saw it — by ...

"Within 2 billion years, Andromeda will have traveled the distance that separates it from the Milky Way and, just at their meeting point, they will cross each other," the expert explained ...

This cosmic structure, measuring an astonishing 3.3 million light-years from end to end, has captured the scientific community’s curiosity not only for its size but also for the ... galaxies but also ...

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times ...

Mars Wrigley has announced the return of Milky Way Crispy Rolls Two new flavours are being introduced which includes Bounty and Twix Crispy Rolls Fans have petitioned for the chocolate treat to make a ...