"No low-frequency radio image of the entire Southern Galactic Plane has been published before, making this an exciting ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

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"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." Our cosmic neighborhood may ...

The discovery reinforces established theories about space. There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers. As many as ...