has unveiled significant insights into the Milky Way: a magnetized galactic halo. This discovery challenges previous models of our galaxy's structure and evolution. Researchers have identified ...

which allowed them to determine the size of the halo. Because of its mass and proximity to the Milky Way, the LMC is a unique astrophysics laboratory. Seeing the LMC's interplay with our galaxy ...

Scientists have used the wobble of the Milky Way and what are known as "cosmic lighthouses" to shine a light on the mystery ...

Researchers say CN Lyn’s star formed while galaxy was still taking shape, defying conventional models - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Once the two galaxies are merged, the supermassive hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud – if black hole there is – will make its way to the galactic center, where it will eventually, after many more ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of our home Milky Way galaxy. It has a mass equal to billions of suns and has an accretion disk made up of gas and dust surrounding it.

For over 40 years, astrophysicist Annie Robin has dedicated her research to unraveling the mysteries of the Milky Way.

The new view of stars in our galaxy thanks to Gaia. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC We now have the most detailed catalogue of stars in our Milky Way galaxy yet. The new map -- created using data collected ...

Einstein predicted that massive objects bend light as it passes through their gravitational field. This week, a new telescope let us see this directly.

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