Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapping space mission Gaia, which involves UCL researchers, has completed its ...
These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...
A hidden structure that is 5000 degrees and moving was discovered inside the Earth's core. What do the past, present and ...
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If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...