The Milky Way Galaxy is like a hilltop village, according to astronomer Andrew Fox. “At nighttime you can see torches shining in two nearby villages, the Magellanic Clouds, and a more distant one, ...
Our Milky Way Galaxy wheels within the Local Group of galaxies in a relatively quiet corner of the cosmos. The vast Virgo Cluster of galaxies, some 55 million light-years away, plays city center to ...