Mysterious Icy Objects Found in Milky Way Baffle Astronomers: Everything You Need to Know
Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...
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Look Up: Our place in the Milky Way
Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...
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See The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole In An Amazing Polarized Event Horizon Telescope Image
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...
Peculiar icy objects in outer reaches of the Milky Way perplex astronomers
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
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See The Milky Way Galaxy's Warp In This Animation
Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...
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Scientists find hints of the dark universe in 3D maps of the cosmos
A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark universe.
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, 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 ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Unexpected Findings: Scientists Reveal the Milky Way Is a Cosmic Outlier
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...