milky way
The Zooniverse is Expanding: The Milky Way Project Begins Today
[/caption] From the folks that brought you the addictive citizen science projects Galaxy Zoo and Moon Zoo (among others), comes…
Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in the Milky Way
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the…
Missing Milky Way Dark Matter
[/caption]Although dark matter is inherently difficult to observe, an understanding of its properties (even if not its nature) allows astronomers…
The Milky Way Might Be Square
[/caption] Just like being stuck inside and not being able to see what the outside of your house looks like,…
Milky Way Sidelined in Galactic Tug of War
[/caption] From a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release: The Magellanic Stream is an arc of hydrogen gas spanning more…
The Hercules Satellite – A Galactic Transitional Fossil
[/caption] On Friday, I wrote about the population of the thick disk and how surveys are revealing that this portion…
The Thick Disk: Galactic Construction Project or Galactic Rejects?
[/caption] The disk of spiral galaxies is comprised of two main components: The thin disk holds the majority of stars…
Finding the Origin of Milky Way’s Ancient Stars
[/caption] From the Royal Astronomical Society Many of the Milky Way’s ancient stars are remnants of other smaller galaxies torn…
Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood
Dust has never looked so beautiful! This new image from the Planck spacecraft shows giant filaments of cold dust stretching…
Second-Generation Star Supports Cannibal Theory of Milky Way
[/caption] A newly discovered red giant star is a relic from the early universe -- a star that may have…