The Galaxy is a collection of stars, planets, gas clouds and to the dismay of astronomers, dust clouds. The dust…
If you explore the night sky it won’t be long before you realise there is a lot of dust and…
Several techniques have been developed to measure the mass of the Milky Way, providing a range of estimates. In a…
Science really does keep you on your toes. First there was matter and then there were galaxies. Then those galaxies…
Researchers have developed the first 3D maps of magnetic field structures within a spiral arm of the Milky Way. While…
The JWST is taking a break from studying the distant Universe and has trained its infrared eye on the heart…
Thanks to its infrared capabilities, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows astronomers to peer through the gas and dust…
To understand the Universe, we need to understand the extreme processes that shape it and drive its evolution. Things like…
The Milky Way is just one galaxy in a vast cosmic web that makes up the Universe's large-scale structure. While…
Astronomers examining a star cluster near Sgr A*, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, found that the cluster has some…