Mention the Milky Way and most people will visualise a great big spiral galaxy billions of years old. It’s thought…
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are well known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way but there are more. It…
It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing. Things tend to happen at snails pace albeit with the…
We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field. It turns out that most objects in…
Astronomers have found the largest stellar mass black hole in the Milky Way so far. At 33 solar masses, it…
Look through the names and origins of the constellations and you will soon realise that many cultures had a hand…
Astronomers routinely provide the ages of the stars they study. But the methods of measuring ages aren't 100% accurate. Measuring…
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the Milky Way's most massive satellite galaxy. Because it's so easily observed, astronomers have…
The Milky Way has many satellite galaxies, most notably the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They're both visible to the…
Using ESA’s Gaia spacecraft, astronomers have tracked down two streams of stars that likely formed the foundation of the Milky…