Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. It is not an unknown fact that our universe has millions of galaxies, of which, we live in one: the Milky Way galaxy. But is it possible to find out how many galaxies are there? In a piece of surprising news, a Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists has mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio telescope. Science News | 4.4 Million Galaxies Revealed by Scientists in New Study.