How astronomers make deep maps of the Milky Way
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...
Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way
Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...
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Andromeda galaxy shows signs of violent past collisions
Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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A new way to measure where the Milky Way’s dark matter is
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...
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The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling
The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.
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Bird’s-eye view of Andromeda galaxy’s ecosystem
The Hubble Space Telescope revealed that the Andromeda Galaxy’s ecosystem differs from our Milky Way’s. This shows how these ...
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The Milky Way is like an island. Beyond it lies not an ocean but an almost empty intergalactic void, says astrophysicist Annie Robin
For over 40 years, astrophysicist Annie Robin has dedicated her research to unraveling the mysteries of the Milky Way.
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NASA supercomputer finds Milky Way-like spiral at solar system’s edge
The inner Oort cloud, between 1,000 and 10,000 AU from the sun, displays a spiral formation with arms that extend 15,000 AU.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals a Never-Ending Cosmic Firestorm at the Center of the Milky Way
Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...