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. Space · Nov 18, 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 · Nov 9, 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 31, 2024
1st image of our Milky Way's black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say The famous doughnut-shaped image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole may not be fully accurate, an independent analysis of EHT data suggests. Space · Oct 30, 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. LiveScience · Oct 29, 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 25, 2024
How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your 'celestial address?' A map of gravity wells or "basins of attraction" in the local universe may resemble a Taylor Swift outfit, but they define the largest structure in the universe, the last line of your cosmic address. Space · Oct 22, 2024
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate 'super star cluster' deep in the Milky Way Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. LiveScience · Oct 20, 2024
The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed. LiveScience · Oct 17, 2024
Euclid 'dark universe' telescope reveals 1st breathtaking images from massive 'cosmic atlas' map The "first page" of an incredible cosmic atlas being built by the Euclid Space Telescope has been released. The millions of stars and galaxies represent just 1% of the 3D map the mission will create. Space · Oct 15, 2024
The Milky Way's 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the local universe has found. Space · Sep 30, 2024
Space photo of the week: Hot young suns glow blue, white and orange in the Lobster Nebula The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever created. LiveScience · Sep 29, 2024
Record-breaking Milky Way map showcases 1.5 billion objects: 'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever' A 13-year survey conducted by the VISTA telescope has resulted in the creation of the most detailed Milky Way map ever. It contains a stunning 1.5 billion objects. Space · Sep 27, 2024
'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever': Astronomers capture most detailed ever infrared map of the Milky Way Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous dataset contains millions of new objects, and the researchers expect to scour it for discoveries for years to come. LiveScience · Sep 26, 2024
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2024 Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched by a supermassive black hole is over a hundred times larger than our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Space · Sep 16, 2024 James Webb Telescope goes 'extreme' and spots baby stars at the edge of the Milky Way (image) The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way and producing a stunning new image.
Space · Sep 13, 2024 Black hole or neutron star? Gravitational wave 'chirps' can tell us what becomes of dying stars The current generation of gravitational wave detectors could "hear" supernovas over 65 million light-years away, helping scientists determine if a dying star creates a black hole or a neutron star.
LiveScience · Sep 1, 2024 Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin captured by Dark Energy Camera NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’.
Space · Aug 26, 2024 Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun Many red supergiant monster stars lurk in a Milky Way cluster astronomers have discovered with the Gaia space telescope. The cluster, Barbá 2, could help understand why some stars become black holes.
Space · Aug 22, 2024 Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not A new simulation suggests the possible head-on collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy comes down to a coin flip.
Inverse · Aug 19, 2024 An Object In Space Is Moving At One Million Miles An Hour and Astronomers Aren’t Sure What It Is NASA announced the discovery of a peculiar sight: a celestial body is blasting out of the Milky Way galaxy at a million miles per hour.
LiveScience · Aug 19, 2024 Catastrophic collision between Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may not happen after all, new study hints Astronomers have long predicted that a collision between our galaxy and nearby Andromeda could be inevitable, but new calculations suggest this may be an over exaggeration.
Space · Aug 13, 2024 Highly magnetic dead star launches mysterious blast of energy Though magnetars and pulsars are two distinct types of neutron stars, astronomers have spotted a magnetar mimicking a pulsar after launching a mysterious blast of intense radiation.
The Conversation · Aug 9, 2024 Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating this majestic, sublime sight.
Space · Aug 7, 2024 Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's history Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.