Astronomers reveal how the Milky Way’s violent youth forged a calmer spiral giant
Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
A Gigantic Spinning Filament of 14 Galaxies Could Be the Largest Rotating Structure Ever Found
This spinning branch of the cosmic web binds 14 galaxies together. Credit: Lyla Jung. In a recently published…
New ‘radio map’ of the Milky Way reveals where stars are born and die
A new view of the Milky Way has been revealed by capturing different radio frequencies, showing where stars…
Milky Way Marvels Mapped in Magnificent Detail
Astronomers have released the largest and most detailed low-frequency radio image of the Milky Way to date, revealing…
Astronomers Hope a Mysterious Glow in the Milky Way Is What They Think It Is
For all the discoveries we’re making of faraway galaxies, we’re still struggling to fully understand our own galaxy, the…
Milky Way’s Galactic Center Excess is Due to Dark Matter Annihilation: Study
The Galactic Center excess is an unexpected concentration of gamma-rays emerging from the center of our Milky Way…
Pulsars or dark matter? The Milky Way’s central glow just got more puzzling
For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused…
5 reasons why 3I/ATLAS differs from the first interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
3I/ATLAS: Initial observations suggest a nucleus size ranging from 0.32 to 5.6 kilometers, with a most likely diameter…
The most distant cosmic ring ever seen
In a cosmic twist worthy of science fiction, astronomers have spotted the most distant and powerful “odd radio…
Our Galaxy’s Sweet Spot for Life Is Bigger Than We Thought
New simulations suggest the Galactic Habitable Zone isn’t fixed: when stars migrate across the Milky Way, the odds…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…