New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

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Actor Pedro Pascal narrates the time-traveling journey through space at the American Museum of Natural History.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe. Durham ...