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What happened to the missing stars at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy?

The stellar companions of more than a dozen stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have gone missing — and astronomers want to know why.

Space

Titanic cosmic bubbles blown by the Milky Way are surprisingly complex

The eRosita bubbles of hot gas that extend 36,000 light-years out from our Milky Way galaxy are more complex than previously thought, a new study reveals.

Space

The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought

New measurements suggest that the traditional view of the Milky Way as a galaxy with four major spiral arms extending out from a thick centralized bulge of stars could be wrong.

Space

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Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet – an astrophysicist on the team explains the first-of-its-kind discovery

For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of its planets. The star, named ZTF SLRN-2020, is located in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila. As the star swallowed its planet, the star brightened to 100 times its normal level, allowing the…

The Conversation

Merging galaxies shine with the light of a trillion suns in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope photo

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing photo of Arp 220, a collective name for two spiral galaxies that started merging 700 million years ago.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds tiny early galaxy packing big star-forming punch

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a galaxy in the early universe that could be the progenitor of galaxies such as our own Milky Way.

Space

The most elusive black holes in the universe could lurk at the Milky Way's center

Astronomers have a plan for using ripples in space-time to hunt for elusive intermediate-mass black holes around the Milky Way's center.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations

The atmospheres of gas giant planets across the Milky Way galaxy can be very different from those in the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope has found.

Space

The Milky Way's Black Hole is Devouring a 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud

It could give us a front row seat to elusive black hole behavior.

Inverse

The Webb telescope finds surprisingly massive galaxies from the universe's youth

At about 600 million years after the Big Bang, they're not the oldest galaxies the telescope has spotted. But they appear as developed as our Milky Way — far further along than researchers expected.

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At least 36 alien species are 'in our galaxy - and could tell us how long we'll last'

Witing in the The Astrophysical Journal, a new paper looks into the likely number of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent (CETI) civilizations in the Milky Way

Daily Mirror

Mini Milky Way? NASA spots a new galaxy

"The Sparkler" looks like the Milky Way when it was a baby

Salon

2 Billion Years Ago, Andromeda Swallowed Another Galaxy — These Stars are All That Remain

Astronomers used the motion of stars to reconstruct a galactic collision that happened 2 billion years ago at the nearest neighboring large galaxy.

Inverse

What Mysteries is the Universe Hiding from Us? A Cosmologist Weighs In

From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past century — but big questions linger

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The Milky Way Galaxy May Be a Unique Heavyweight in One Weird Way

Illustris TNG simulation shows that the Milky Way is special, all thanks to a cosmic wall.

Zenger

The Photographer Who For The Last Two Years Has Traveled Thousands Of Miles Chasing Starscapes

The photographer who for the last two years has traveled thousands of miles chasing amazing starscapes around Spain.

The Independent UK

Shot of Milky Way rising over Tudor ruins wins national park photography prize

The image, taken by Richard Murray from Waterlooville, Hampshire, captures the night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex.

Evening Standard

Image of Milky Way rising over Tudor mansion scoops national park photography prize

The image captures a showstopping night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex

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As a girl, I was thrilled by the night sky. Must my son grow up without seeing the Milky Way?

I love the idea of my boy and his dad peering through a telescope together, writes Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. But what will light pollution leave for them to look at?

Salon

Google Maps for the Milky Way

Researchers now have an intricate three-dimensional structural map of billions of objects in our galaxy

Inverse

You need to explore this amazing map of the Milky Way

Trust us on this one. The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey’s latest data release shows our home galaxy in unprecedented detail.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Billions of objects revealed in Milky Way

Plus! Scientist explains ‘DNA damage’ linked to nail & beauty salon UV gel lamps

Inverse

Our Solar System may be surrounded by a halo of 10 million interstellar objects

A recent model suggests that passing interstellar objects should get pulled into our Sun's orbit fairly often.

The Conversation

Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way's galactic plane

Two major astronomy research programs, called EMU and PEGASUS, have joined forces to resolve one of the mysteries of our Milky Way: where are all the supernova remnants?

Inverse

How bright is the Universe? NASA’s Pluto probe shines a light on the long-standing enigma

The light coming from stars beyond the Milky Way is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies – we are even more out there than we thought!

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