Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young ...
Record gamma rays detected at Milky Way's core
At the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, 13,000 feet above sea level on the Sierra Negra volcano of Mexico, ...
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate 'super star cluster' deep in the Milky Way
Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb ...
Hotel Room Where 'Milky Way Is Visible Every Night' Stuns Internet
Social media users were captivated by the incredible view in the viral clip, with one saying: "My jaw has never dropped so ...
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The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe
A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...
Skywatch: A great comet and a magnificent Milky Way
Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...
Carbon Dioxide May Have Squelched E.T.’s Evolution In The Milky Way
Carbon dioxide’s role in warming early exoplanetary atmospheres is likely necessary to create a habitable zone. But it could ...
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A baby Milky Way may have swallowed a dwarf galaxy named Loki
Astronomers hypothesize that a long-ago dwarf galaxy dubbed Loki may have merged with the Milky Way when our galaxy was in ...
Milky Way Could Be Part of a Much Larger Cosmic Structure, Possibly Linked to the Shapley Concentration
The Milky Way might belong to a much larger cosmic structure. New research connects the galaxy to the Shapley Concentration.
Ask Dr. Universe: As we orbit the sun, it moves through the Milky Way
It takes the Earth one year to orbit all the way around the sun. But the sun’s path around the Milky Way is much bigger. It ...
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What If the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collided?
This galactic collision might be more impactful than you think. See that bright object in the sky? That's Andromeda – the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way and the most distant thing you can see ...
'Comet of the century' captured again in striking images taken in Kinver
TALENTED photographers have shared more beautiful images of what has been described as ‘the comet of the century’.