All Entries Tagged With: "Milky Way"
Rogue stars sail in intergalactic space
“Hypervelocity” stars ejected from the Milky Way into the emptiness between beyond.
Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy
Zoom through interstellar dust clouds to core of the Milky Way. Watch the video…
Hidden star groups uncovered
Telescope uncovers almost 100 star clusters hidden behind dust in the Milky Way.
Billion-pixel space camera
Huge digital camera will map a billion Milky Way stars during the Gaia mission.
Milky Way is a galactic cannibal
Cosmic cannibalism could have made our Milky Way galaxy the shape it is today.
Milky Way spreads its arms
Does our galaxy have an extra spiral arm? Astronomers think they’ve found one.
How to spot a spinning black hole
Twists in space-time near black holes should be visible from Earth, say researchers.
Aquarius younger by billions of years
Milky Way invaded by a stream of young stars from a shattered galaxy.
Glimpse of glittering stars and gas
NASA’s Spitzer space telescope takes a long look at our Galaxy’s outer limits.
Hypervelocity star leaves home
Black hole encounter sends a star shooting out of the Milky Way
