Re-analysis of Milky Way's central supermassive black hole shows elongated structure
A research team led by Assistant Professor Makoto Miyoshi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has ...
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'Superluminous' nova from rare stellar duo spotted in Milky Way's galactic neighbor
This summer, a dead star in a nearby galaxy flared back to life in an abnormally brilliant but brief nova, providing ...
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Space Program Maps Tiny Part of Universe, and It’s Absolutely Mind-Blowing
The first fragment captures approximately 100 million celestial sources, including stars within our Milky Way and distant ...
Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young ...
Ask Dr. Universe: As we orbit the sun, it moves through the Milky Way
It takes the Earth one year to orbit all the way around the sun. But the sun’s path around the Milky Way is much bigger. It ...
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New Analysis of Milky Way's Central Black Hole Data
Image: Radio image of Sagittarius A* in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, obtained from this re-analysis. The structure is ...
Skywatch: A great comet and a magnificent Milky Way
Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...
Webb Telescope Might Have Discovered First Brown Dwarfs Outside The Milky Way
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the first brown dwarf star candidates outside the Milky Way. The European Space Agency (ESA) said that these candidates reside in the star cluster NGC 602 ...
Astronomy: Probably the first brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way discovered
For 30 years, celestial bodies have been discovered that have not made it to the stars – but so far only in the Milky Way.
Milky Way Could Be Part of a Much Larger Cosmic Structure, Possibly Linked to the Shapley Concentration
The Milky Way might belong to a much larger cosmic structure. New research connects the galaxy to the Shapley Concentration.
Discovery Of Milky Way-Like Galaxy Challenges Theories On Cosmic Evolution
The research, led by scientists from Leiden University in the Netherlands, reveals that REBELS-25 is much more orderly than ...
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Photo of the Day: ‘Milky Way, Venus and Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS at Haleakala’
The photo of the day “Milky Way, Venus and Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS at Haleakala” comes to us via Jeanna Thacker. Send your ...