Astronomers trace the Small Magellanic Cloud’s unusual stellar motions to a past cosmic encounter.

A galaxy neighbouring ours is transforming in unexpected ways – and it could change our view of space, researchers say. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is one of the closest neighbours to our ...

Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, is undergoing a transformation visible ...

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the ...

Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique ...

Credit: NASA/ESA Spring is almost here, which means it's galaxy season for amateur astronomers! Grab your telescope and join ...

For billions of years before reaching its current location, the Sun may have slowly travelled as part of a large group, or ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

The Sun orbits in the thin disk of the Milky Way. It's located 27,000 light-years (8.3 kiloparsecs) from the Galactic Center, ...

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...