The Merger That Led to the Formation of the Milky Way
ESA’s Gaia mission has made a major breakthrough in unravelling the formation history of the Milky Way. Instead of forming alone, our Galaxy merged with…
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Scientists Solve Recent Mystery at the Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy: the high…
Astronomers Reveal Previously Unknown Details About The Milky Way
The Milky Way galaxy has died once before and we are now in what is considered its second life. Calculations by Masafumi Noguchi (Tohoku University)…
Like a Huge Spiral, the Milky Way Floats in Space
For thousands of years, people have been puzzling over the milky strip that extends across the entire firmament. In the modern era, Galileo Galilei discovered…
ESA Image of the Week – The Heart of the Milky Way
At first glance, this image may resemble red ink filtering through water or a crackling stream of electricity, but it is actually a unique view…
Astronomers Capture Clearest Infrared Image To Date of the Center of the Milky Way
A research team has published a new study lead by Pat Roche, professor of astrophysics at The University of Oxford, and Chris Packham, associate professor…
Outer Halo of the Milky Way Contains Stellar Remains of Devoured Galaxies
An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo of…
Astronomers Map the Spiral Structure on the Far Side of the Milky Way
Using the Very Long Baseline Array, astronomers achieve record measurement for an improved picture of the Milky Way. Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for…
Milky Way Might Not Be as “Typical” as Previously Thought
New research from Yale University and the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey reveals that the Milky Way might not be as “typical” as previously…
Astronomers Discover White Dwarf Stars in the Disc of the Milky Way
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has discovered white dwarf stars in the disc of the Milky Way galaxy, and measured…
ESO Image of the Week – The Center of the Milky Way Crossed by Zodiacal Light
This newly released ESO image shows the center of the Milky Way crossed by the eerie glow of zodiacal light. The sky is full of…
Astrophysicists Show Milky Way Had a Blowout Bash 6 Million Years Ago
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that the center of the Milky Way was once a very active place. The center of…
Hubble Discovers Two Dwarf Galaxies Moving into the Milky Way
A team of astronomers has discovered two dwarf galaxies that have traveled from the remote hinterlands of space to the Milky Way. NASA’s Hubble Space…
Astronomers Reveal the Rotation of the Hot Gas Around the Milky Way
A team of astronomers has discovered that the hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning in the same direction and…
WISE Reveals the X-Shaped Bulge of the Milky Way
Using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, astronomers reveal that the Milky Way’s central bulge of stars forms an “X” shape. The…
Journey to the Center of the Milky Way
Using Hubble, astronomers peer through the dust which normally obscures the view of the center of the Milky Way. Peering deep into the heart of…
Astronomers Take A Closer Look at the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone
New research confirms that the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone is not centered on the black hole, but is offset; they also confirm that the…
Astronomers Complete the ATLASGAL Survey of Milky Way
Astronomers have completed the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL). A spectacular new image of the Milky Way has been released to…