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Newly-Discovered Stellar Nurseries in the Milky Way
[/caption] Our Milky Way churns out about seven new stars per year on average. More massive stars are formed in…
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…
All-Sky Radio Image in 60 Seconds, No Moving Parts
[/caption] This image is a software-calibrated image with high signal-to-noise ratio at a frequency of 120 MHz, of the radio…
Milky Way Has a “Squashed Beachball”-Shaped Dark Matter Halo
This illustration shows the visible Milky Way galaxy surrounded by a "squashed beachball"-shaped dark matter halo. Source: UCLA Our galaxy…
Get the Big Picture of the Milky Way at the Adler Planetarium
[/caption] Astronomy is all about getting the big picture of our place in the cosmos, but some pictures are bigger…
Astronomers Dig Up Relic of the Milky Way’s Central Bulge
[/caption] Like archaeologists who dig through the layers of dirt to unearth crucial pieces of the history of mankind, astronomers…
1 Milky Way; 3,000 Images
[/caption] What a gorgeous and immense image! And it's full of stars! An astronomer from Central Michigan University has put…
Herschel Sees Hidden Stars in the Southern Cross
[/caption] Science observations have begun in earnest for the Herschel Space Telescope, and this spectacular image is the first produced…
New Chandra Deep X-ray Image of the Galactic Center
[/caption] Chandra has done it again in creating some of the most visually stunning images of our Universe. This time,…
Milky Way Galaxy Pictures
Here are some beautiful pics of the Milky Way Galaxy. It's important to remember that we live inside the Milky…