First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way's core, appears to be ionized (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons ...

First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, appears to be ionised (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons ...

The biggest draw? The historic launch of the first OREO cookie into the Milky Way, in partnership with space agency Sent Into Space, in a broadcast live streamed from Nimo Highland, Indonesia.

Scientists have spotted what appears to be a fully-formed spiral galaxy, similar to our Milky Way, from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Named Zhúlóng (meaning “Torch Dragon” in Chinese ...

(Xiao et al., arXiv, 2024) In addition, it's quite large for a galaxy in the early Universe, measuring some 62,000 light-years in diameter, with a mass comparable to that of the Milky Way. "What makes ...

JWST detects early galaxy Zhúlóng at redshift z=7.3 Galaxy formed just 800 million years post-Big Bang Zhúlóng shares a spiral structure with the Milky Way ...

Current models suggest the Milky Way hosts around 10 billion of these embers, and more than 97 percent of all stars will finish their lives the same way. Aomawa Shields of the University of California ...

It is so strange it might even offer clues to the mechanism behind events known as fast radio bursts.

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