The Milky Way’s giant gas bubbles were seen in visible light for the first time
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2020
The new technique could map the velocity of gas in the towering structures called Fermi bubbles
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Hubble telescope delivers stunning 30th birthday picture
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 25, 2020
It’s 30 years ago to the day that the Hubble telescope was launched – and to celebrate its birthday, the veteran observatory has produced another astonishing image of the cosmos.
The Milky Way’s satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy formation
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 8, 2020
Just as the sun has planets and the planets have moons, our galaxy has satellite galaxies, and some of those might have smaller satellite galaxies of their own. To wit, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a relatively large satellite galaxy visible from the Southern Hemisphere, is thought to have brought at least six of its own satellite galaxies with it when it first approached the Milky Way, based on recent measurements from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission.
Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Our galaxy spans 1.9 million light-years, a new study finds
Strange Objects Found at The Galactic Centre Are Like Nothing Else in The Milky Way
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2020
There’s something really weird in the centre of the Milky Way.
Something Appears to Have Collided With the Milky Way and Created a Huge Wave in the Galactic Plane
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 8, 2020
An enormous wave has been discovered in the Milky Way that may have formed as a result of a collision with a massive mystery object—potentially a clump of dark matter—scientists have said.
A newfound black hole in the Milky Way is weirdly heavy
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 28, 2019
The object is locked in orbit with a star about 13,800 light-years away from Earth
Superfast star found leaving Milky Way at 1,700km per second
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
Astronomers say S5-HVs1 ventured close to supermassive black hole before being ejected
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole reached record brightness this year
- Space
- September 19, 2019
The behemoth at the center of the galaxy flared up in near-infrared wavelengths
Black hole at centre of galaxy is getting hungrier, say scientists
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 14, 2019
Scientists say Milky Way’s Sagittarius A* has been more active in recent months
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