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Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole

A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of…

3 years ago

The Milky Way is Still Rippling from a Galactic Collision Millions of Years Ago

Between 300 million and 900 million years ago, our Milky Way galaxy nearly collided with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Data…

3 years ago

Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way

Using information from Gaia's second data release, a team of scientists have made refined measurements of the mass of the…

3 years ago

This is a 3D map of 400,000 Hot Massive Stars Located Within 10,000 Light-Years From the Sun, Thanks to Gaia!

The latest gem to come from the second release of Gaia data is a 3D map that shows the positions…

3 years ago

There are Strange Objects Near the Center of the Galaxy. They Look Like Gas, but Behave Like Stars

Using 12 years of data from the W.M. Keck Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered mystery objects near the center…

3 years ago

Evidence for Thousands of Black Holes Buzzing Around the Center of the Milky Way

Using data from the Chandra X-ray observatory, a team of scientists have found evidence that indicates that thousands of black…

4 years ago

Amazing High Resolution Image of the Core of the Milky Way, a Region with Surprisingly Low Star Formation Compared to Other Galaxies

An international team of astronomers recently conducted a study of the Milky Way center to determine why it has a…

4 years ago

Astronomers Find One of the Oldest Stars in the Milky Way

Thanks to a new study by a team of Spanish researchers, the oldest star in the Milky Way may have…

4 years ago

The Most Detailed Map Ever Made of the Milky Way in Radio Waves

A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis…

4 years ago

The Night Sky Magic of the Atacama

There's nothing an astronomer - whether professional or amateur - loves more than a clear dark night sky away from…

4 years ago