The universe never fails to baffle us, with new mysteries unravelled regularly. Now a study has found something fascinating about our galaxy, the Milky Way. Home to nearly 400 billion stars, astronomers say it is only a tiny part of an even larger local structure.

Our galaxy only a tiny part of a local structure living inside another gigantic cosmic entity

Space is a mysterious and dangerous place. While we know that black holes can swallow up whole planets, some things are far scarier than them. Apart from black holes, various objects in the universe can pose a threat to not only our planet but the whole solar system.

If you think black holes are the most dangerous objects in space, you’re wrong

Two galaxies with two black holes each caught in the act of merging by NASA. The event has been observed in two dwarf galaxies by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Scientists say merge will provide insight into the formation of galaxies in the early universe. Extraordinary images of two dwarf galaxies, Mirabilis and Elstir & Vinteuil captured. Discovery will help us understand how galaxies like our Milky Way formed. Watch to know more!

Two black holes caught merging, event to provide insight into galaxy formation | WION originals

A star cluster in the universe might be hiding a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes. The cluster is called Palomar 5 and is a stellar stream of stars stretching across 30,000 light-years.

Swarm of black holes stretching across 30,000 light-years traversing Milky Way

The supermassive black hole located at the centre of our galaxy has been spinning extremely fast and out of orientation with the rest of the galaxy. The reason behind this behaviour and how it came into existence has been a mystery.

Mega collision with another galaxy 9 billion years ago created Milky Way black hole

Astronomers have discovered an unexplored cluster in the Milky Way with potentially dangerous regions. Known as Barbá 2, it is around 24,000 light-years away from Earth.

Milky Way cluster with monster stars million times brighter than sun stuns astronomers

The Milky Way seems to harbour a vast ripple spreading out across at least a quarter of its disc. But scientists have never confirmed it and some say that it doesn't exist at all.

Contact with another galaxy likely left a vast ripple in Milky Way

NASA's citizen scientists have discovered a mysterious object speeding at an amazing speed spotted by amateur astronomers. The object is speeding out of the Milky Way. Watch this next story to know more about this!

NASA unveils mysterious Space object on a galactic sprint out of milky way

Milky Way is gearing up for a massive change. Astronomers have spotted the Andromeda galaxy moving towards us and say that in approximately 4.5 billion a massive collision between the two galaxies will result in them merging.

'Demise of our galaxy...': Is Andromeda-Milky Way collision inevitable?

James Webb Space Telescope has captured a black hole ravenously eating up cosmic bodies. This black hole lies at the centre of the spiral galaxy NGC 4258 located 23 million light-years from Earth.

Super-hungry black hole with an eerie glow is eating everything. See photo

At the heart of the Milky Way are 10 strange dead stars, scientists say. Also known as "neutron stars", these weird bodies are also spinning, which means they are pulsars.

Demon vampire star and spider pulsars among 10 dead stars discovered at heart of Milky Way

Scientists have been stunned to discover another intermediate-mass black hole at the centre of a star cluster in the Milky Way, which is close to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (SgrA*).

Scientists spot intermediate-mass black hole lurking at centre of Milky Way star cluster

It has been taught to us from school days that Earth orbits around the Sun, which results in the cycle of day and night. However, if we try to understand the movement of Earth currently in the Solar System from the point of view of scientists, our planet is not currently orbiting the Sun.

Strictly speaking, Earth is not revolving around the Sun currently. Here's what it means

In a new study, astronomers have made a stunning discovery that our galaxy, Milky Way, had recently collided with another galaxy causing an explosion. Through time, the Milky Way has grown and has collided with other galaxies - which were torn apart and devoured by the Milky Way.

Milky Way collided with another galaxy, shredded and devoured it years ago

The Milky Way galaxy is humanity's home as we know it. However, as per recent research, the massive galaxy that houses our planet Earth, along with hundreds of billions of stars, may have symbolised something else for ancient Egyptians: a celestial deity.

Mythology meets Astronomy: Ancient Egyptians believed Milky Way galaxy was a celestial goddess, claims study

Some stars which have existed from ancient ages and are orbiting the central supermassive black hole of the Milk Way, appear youthful despite their age. However, the secret behind their young look is dark and gory.

The gruesome reason zombie-like stars at centre of Milky Way look youthful for their age

Two years after we became aware of the existence of Sagittarius A*, a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, the Event Horizon Telescope captured it in polarised light for the first time and it gave some fascinating insights.

Surprising images of black hole at centre of Milky Way alter our understanding of black holes

The detection of twisted magnetic field surounding the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The discovery offers some insights into the behaviour of the black holes.

Never-seen-before images of Milky Way's Black Hole!

A rare star explosion will occur in our night sky in the coming months, offering stargazers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness the phenomenon with the naked eye.

Rare star explosion to occur in the night sky that can be seen with the naked eye

A huge, wave-shaped structure, which extended some 9,000 light-years in length and curled around the Milky Way's spiral arm, was first found by scientists a few years ago.

Mysterious wave leaves scientists puzzled, as giant cosmic serpent slithers into Milky Way

In a significant discovery, scientists have detected strong "glitches" in a magnetar, which is a type of highly magnetic neutron star located close to the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

Dead stars 'glitches' may indicate source of rapid radio bursts

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Saturday (Feb 10) shared a stunning three-dimensional view of the Orion Nebula, which is one of the brightest nebulae, to mark the occasion of Chinese New Year, a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

WATCH: NASA shares stunning 3D view of Orion Nebula to mark Chinese New Year

We say the words and we imagine a small group of oldies blissfully passing time smoking cigarettes. But 'old smokers' have been detected in space now. Yep, and in our very own Milky Way.

'Old smokers' discovered at the heart of the Milky Way

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the Hubble Space Telescope released an image of a "monster merger" of two galaxies.

Hubble captures ‘monster merger’ of two galaxies. Is this the future of Milky Way?

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