Peculiar icy objects in outer reaches of the Milky Way perplex astronomers
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
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Two enormous "bubbles" discovered towering above and below our Milky Way galaxy
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
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100 years ago: Edwin Hubble proved the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
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Gaia's Farewell Gift Is The Best Milky Way Map We've Ever Seen
We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.
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Hubble's 2.5-Billion-Pixel Mosaic Reveals Andromeda in Breathtaking Detail
The Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbour, barring dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky ...
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Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing ... interact with itself? Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...
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NASA’s Hubble shows off sparkling Tarantula Nebula, where the biggest stars are born
NASA’s recent Image of the Day was the outer regions of the Tarantula Nebula, which is billed as one of the biggest and ...