milky way
A Tadpole-Shaped Cloud of Gas is Whirling Around a Black Hole
A team of astronomers from Japan have found a strange "Tadpole" shaped dust cloud near the center of our galaxy,…
A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
New research from UCLA's Galactic Center Group has found an explanation for the mysterious "blob" (X7) at the center of…
Globular Star Clusters are Constantly Kicking Stars out of the Galaxy
All the stars we can see with the naked eye are part of the Milky Way. The gravitational power of…
Astronomers Uncover Mass Migration of Stars into Andromeda
Astronomers know that galaxies grow over time through mergers with other galaxies. We can see it happening in our galaxy.…
According to Simulations, the Milky Way is One in a Million
Humanity is in a back-and-forth relationship with nature. First, we thought we were at the center of everything, with the…
A New Survey of the Milky Way Reveals Billions of Objects, Helping to Map Our Surroundings in Three Dimensions
The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey 2 (DECaPS2) is out. This is the second data release from DECaPS, and the…
You’re Looking at a Map of the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field
Using telescopes that study the sky in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum, astronomers have successfully mapped the structure…
Astronomers use the World's Biggest Radio Telescope to map new Features of the Milky Way
Using China's FAST radio telescope, a team of Chinese researchers observed previously-unmapped regions of the Milky Way and made some…
Newly Found Stars are Technically in the Milky Way, but They’re Halfway to Andromeda
We all know our galaxy, the Milky Way, is big. Really big. But, exactly how far out does it extend?…
A new 3D map of the Milky Way Uses close to 66,000 Stars and Reveals New Details About the Shape of our Galaxy
A new study by a team of Polish astronomers has revealed details about the shape of the Milky Way's center…