Monster Radio Jet Detected From Early Universe Quasar Groundbreaking discovery of colossal radio jet from early universe quasar, twice Milky Way's width, observed by global telescopes. Top News · Feb 7, 2025
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’ A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called M31, was nearly a million light… The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025
James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations.. LiveScience · Jan 17, 2025
100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone A century ago, humans didn't know other galaxies existed. Here's how Edwin Hubble changed that view. Space · Jan 17, 2025
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way. Space · Jan 15, 2025
Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream A strange break in a stream of stars in the Milky Way could be the result of dark matter, but only if the dark matter is hot and self-interacting. Space · Jan 14, 2025
Something invisible and 'fuzzy' may lurk at the Milky Way's center, new research suggests The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter. LiveScience · Jan 14, 2025
James Webb telescope spies stunning 'Firefly Sparkle' galaxy — a baby clone of the Milky Way being 'assembled brick by brick' in the early universe The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved. LiveScience · Dec 18, 2024
Astronomers’ world-first discovery: twin stars trapped in galactic black hole orbit At the centre of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It is roughly 27,000 light years from Earth and 23.5 million kilometres in diameter. The Conversation · Dec 17, 2024
Rare Discovery: Twin Stars Near Milky Way's Black Hole Discover the intriguing celestial phenomenon of twin stars orbiting near the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way, challenging scientific understanding. Top News · Dec 17, 2024
Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to discover the first binary stars around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. Space · Dec 17, 2024
Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope witnesses Firefly Sparkle galaxy 'being assembled brick by brick' (image, video) A relic galaxy has been uncovered from the early universe, revealing new clues about what our own Milky Way galaxy may have looked like back then. Space · Dec 16, 2024
New images show galaxy forming that is similar in mass to young Milky Way Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and ‘weighed’ a galaxy that existed about 600 million years after the big bang. Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024
LiveScience · Dec 3, 2024 James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Space · Nov 29, 2024 Dead stars within supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery in 10 seconds If astronomers could catch bursts of gamma rays from supernova explosions that create neutron stars near the Milky Way, the mystery of dark matter could be wrapped up in 10 seconds.
International Business Times · Nov 21, 2024 The First 'Zoomed-in' Image Of A Star Outside Our Galaxy Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.
Space · Nov 21, 2024 Star imaged in detail outside the Milky Way for the 1st time (image, video) Astronomers have captured the first zoomed-in image of a star beyond the Milky Way. The historic image reveals a dying behemoth star wrapped in a death shroud of gas about to explode.
The Conversation · Nov 20, 2024 It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy On Sunday November 23 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an intriguing article, amid several large adverts for fur coats. The headline read: Finds Spiral Nebulae are Stellar Systems: “Dr Hubbell Confirms View That They Are ‘Island Universes’;…
Space · Nov 18, 2024 Hubble Telescope witnesses Milky Way strip its galactic neighbor of gas The Hubble Space Telescope may have captured our Milky Way galaxy being a bit of a bully.
LiveScience · Nov 9, 2024 How many galaxies orbit the Milky Way? The number of known galaxies circling the Milky Way is increasing as we develop new powerful telescopes.
LiveScience · Oct 31, 2024 1st image of Milky Way's 'black hole heart' has errors, study claims The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.
LiveScience · Oct 29, 2024 James Webb telescope finds 1st possible 'failed stars' beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.
Space · Oct 25, 2024 James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.
Space · Oct 24, 2024 'Superluminous' nova from rare stellar duo spotted in Milky Way's galactic neighbor An ultraluminous nova in a nearby galaxy offers a glimpse into the mysterious workings of a rare stellar duo.