Galaxy

Our Milky Way galaxy has two large satellite galaxies orbiting it. They're known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. And humans have been aware of the existence of these celestial objects for at least a millennium. Recently, researchers were curious about whether our configuration is fairly typical or an astronomical anomaly . In other words, is our corner of the cosmos ordinary? Now, a new study finds that the Milky Way and its companion galaxies are an unusual combination , but they're not one of a kind. Astronomers in the U.K. and Australia looked at thousands of galaxies to try to find an analog of our arrangement .