For centuries, telescopes have been the gateway to space, allowing us to peer into the vastness of space and unravel its secrets. However, traditional telescopes often have drawbacks – their…
The warp in the spiral disk of the Milky Way is precessing backwards under the influence of the huge mass of dark matter that forms an invisible halo around our…
Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown pair of potential satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. The location of these dwarf galaxies suggests that hundreds of other unknown mini-galaxies may be…
The half-light radius of the Milky Way compared to that of the local disc galaxies. credit: Natural astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02315-7 A small team of astronomers from Yunnan University, the…
Astronomers have discovered two new satellite galaxies in the Milky Way, and these discoveries could help us better understand dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up about 85% of…
The Milky Way is not alone in its little corner of the universe.Small, pale dwarf galaxies, many with fewer than a thousand stars, drift around our cosmic neighborhood in long,…
Milky way meteors in the sky on August 05, 2021 in Lake Porma, Leon, Spain. (Picture from ... [+] Samuel de Roman/Getty Images)Getty Images July is full of celestial events…
"All good things must come to an end." This saying is as true in space as it is on Earth.We know that stars, like everything else, must die. When they…
Scientists have discovered that unusually massive black holes appear to be absent from the Milky Way's diffuse outer halo. The discovery could spell bad news for theories that suggest that…
The monster Black hole at the center of our galaxy can unleash huge, gaseous explosions — and now astronomers think they've pinpointed the exact spot where that superheated gas spills…