In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way. New research suggests that the carbon that serves as the building blocks of ...
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ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Our solar system resides in a galaxy called the Milky Way, stuffed with between 100 billion and 400 billion other stars, many of them with planets of their own. The Milky Way got its name from the ...
High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.