Milky Way’s Graveyard of Dead Stars Found – First Map of the “Galactic Underworld”
A new study creates the first map of our galaxy’s ancient dead stars. In the first map of the ‘galactic underworld’, a study from the…
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“Mind-Blowing” Hot Gas Bubble Detected Zipping Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
Is Something Else Hidden at the Center of the Milky Way?
Precise Insights into the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way’s Heart Astronomers use Gemini Observatory and an international telescope collaboration to shed light on…
Hubble Finds Phantom Imprint in Space Revealing Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
Hubble Determines Mass of Black Hole Isolated Black Hole Supermassive black holes, such as Sagittarius A* — the black hole at the center of the…
Starquakes! Gaia Spacecraft Sees Strange Stars in Most Detailed Milky Way Survey to Date
Gaia is a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to create an precise three-dimensional map of more than a billion stars throughout our Milky…
Astronomers Discover Hidden Trove of Massive Black Holes – “We All Got Nervous”
Newfound black holes in dwarf galaxies shed light on the origin of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole. A team of researchers led by astronomers in…
First-Ever Image of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Team reveals first image of the black hole at our galaxy’s heart. An international team of more than 300 scientists from 80 institutions has created…
Meet Sagittarius A* – Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
Today (May 12, 2022), at simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Germany, astronomers have unveiled the…
Groundbreaking Milky Way Results From the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration – Watch Live
Update: Stunning Reveal: First Image of the Black Hole at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Today (May 12, 2022) at 9:00 a.m. EDT…
Strange Galactic Signal Coming From the Center of the Galaxy Has Potential New Explanation
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found an alternative explanation for a mysterious gamma-ray signal coming from the center of the galaxy, which…
Gaia Spacecraft Reveals a New Member of the Milky Way Family
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, began forming around 12 billion years ago. Since then, it has been growing in both mass and size through a…
Gaia Spacecraft Discovers Parts of the Milky Way Are Much Older Than Thought
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way known as the ‘thick disc’ began forming 13 billion…
Gigantic Bubbles at Center of Milky Way Caused by Powerful Jet of Energy From Supermassive Black Hole
In 2020, the X-ray telescope eRosita took images of two enormous bubbles extending far above and below the center of our galaxy. Since then, astronomers…
Detailed Supercomputer Simulation of the Universe Creates Structures Very Similar to the Milky Way
In their pursuit of understanding cosmic evolution, scientists rely on a two-pronged approach. Using advanced instruments, astronomical surveys attempt to look farther and farther into…
Ancient Dwarf Galaxy Shredded in a Collision With the Milky Way May Help in Search for Dark Matter
Ancient dwarf galaxy reconstructed with MilkyWay@home volunteer computer. Astrophysicists for the first time have calculated the original mass and size of a dwarf galaxy that…
Chemical History of the Milky Way Revealed by New Catalog of Over 20 Million Stars
University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalog of more than 24 million stars that can…
Dark Cosmic Filaments: The Magnetic Field in Milky Way “Bones”
Star formation in the Milky Way primarily occurs in long, dense filaments of gas and dust that stretch along the spiral arms. Dubbed “bones” because…
How Many Stars Are There in the Milky Way? In the Universe?
Do you ever wonder how many stars are in the sky? How many are in our Galaxy, the Milky Way? What about in the entire…