A series of high-resolution simulations has revealed a striking new perspective on theMilky Way’s position in the cosmos. Far ...
Astronomers have uncovered evidence that the Milky Way is not drifting through space alone but is embedded in a vast, flat structure of dark matter stretching tens of millions of light-years. The ...
A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...
Just as the sun has planets and the planets have moons, our galaxy has satellite galaxies, and some of those might have smaller satellite galaxies of their own. To wit, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC ...