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Faintest Star Cluster Yet Discovered On Outskirts of Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered the faintest star cluster known, a "ridiculously dim" tiny glob of stars on the outskirts of our Milky Way.

Huge "Structure" of Satellites Found Orbiting Milky Way

The unexpectedly tidy grouping of galaxies might spell trouble for theories of dark matter, its discoverers say.

Butter pay attention: Here's your Princess Kay of the Milky Way field

The field is set for who will compete at this year's Minnesota State Fair to be the next Princess Kay of the Milky Way. The 12 young women from dairy farm backgrounds were selected this week in St. Joseph after a three-day event for county dairy princesses.

Free-floating planets in the Milky Way outnumber stars by factors of thousands

( Springer ) A few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing Earth-sized planets may exist in the space between stars in the Milky Way. So argues an international team of scientists led by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham, UK. Their findings are published online in the Springer journal Astrophysics and ...

Missing Mass: Lone Wolf Planets Outnumber Milky Way Stars

Researchers say life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in the Milky Way A few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing Earth-sized planets may exist in the space between stars in the Milky Way. So argues an international team of scientists led by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of ...