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In space, the gravitational pull of massive objects is irresistible to smaller ones. Moons are locked in orbit around planets. Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect ...

Galaxies are clouds of stars that range in both size and composition. Some contain hundreds of millions of stars while the largest galaxies can contain trillions of stars. And while it’s not entirely ...

Bringing us one step closer to solving the 'missing satellites problem,' researchers have discovered two new satellite galaxies. For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky ...

The discovery of thousands more galaxies with stars ringing their main disks could help astronomers study galactic evolution ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Milky Way is just a speck in a universe filled with an untold number of galaxies. But if we ...