A star spinning at 15,000 miles per second tests Einstein theory of relativity
The Milky Way galaxy is anchored by a supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A*, that has a mass…
Astronaut Shares Breathtaking View Of Milky Way From Space
Astronaut Don Pettit has shared one of his favourite photographs captured during his latest mission to the International…
A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy
Our understanding of the Milky Way just got a little bit sweeter. For the first time, scientists have…
Astronomers have spent decades searching nearby stars for another Earth, and now they may have found one just 25 light-years away |
Scientists have discovered a planet that could have the good conditions to support life, and it is one…
In 1933, Bell Labs engineer Karl Jansky followed a faint radio hiss, and this discovery opened the door to radio astronomy |
Karl Jansky tracked radio static with a rotating antenna. Image credit – Wikimedia Simple engineering tasks often lead…
Milky Way’s “black hole” may not exist: New dark matter theory challenges supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the galactic centre |
Astronomers have proposed a theoretical model suggesting that the object at the centre of the Milky Way, widely…
Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy’s heart is captured in a new telescope picture
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A telescope in Chile has revealed in unprecedented detail the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at…
James Webb Space Telescope Discovery Reveals the Milky Way Has a Distant Twin That Shouldn’t Exist
James Webb Space Telescope observations have revealed a galaxy that shouldn’t exist, in what astronomers have dubbed “Alaknanda,”…
Mysterious Glow at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy That Has Stumped Scientists for Decades May Have a Dark Explanation
Researchers from Johns Hopkins using powerful supercomputer simulations have determined that the most likely explanation for a mysterious…