In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
From this simple observation, soon repeated for other starry nebulae, it became clear that the Milky Way was only one star system (or galaxy) among myriad others. This was the birth of our modern ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...
Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...
It’s beautiful but also a reminder of the ultimate fate that awaits our own Milky Way galaxy. The image was captured using the NOIRLabs’ International Gemini Observatory. NOIRLabs says that ...
Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has completed one of its major charges: delivering a map of the Milky Way galaxy, comprised of trillions of ...