SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Milky Way Timeline of the Milky Way New work shows a part of our Milky Way galaxy is far older than previously thought. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Where did that weird megastructure in the center of the galaxy come from? It looks like a Magic Eye image on steroids. By Elizabeth Rayne | 4 months ago Does the Milky Way eat dark matter for dessert? Along with all the galaxies the Milky Way devours, it also swallows dark matter. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago Our black hole won't stop acting up and throwing tantrums The black hole in the center of our galaxy doesn’t just flare — it makes a scene. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago There is a monster named Maggie lurking in the galaxy Maggie is 3,900 light years long and could be a future breeding ground for stars. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago More than 450 unknown objects had been lurking unknown in the Milky Way until now By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago The motions of 66 nearby galaxies have now been reliably measured. Not stars. *Galaxies*. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago The dark force secretly slowing down our galaxy could be dark matter By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago Load More
Timeline of the Milky Way New work shows a part of our Milky Way galaxy is far older than previously thought. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Where did that weird megastructure in the center of the galaxy come from? It looks like a Magic Eye image on steroids. By Elizabeth Rayne | 4 months ago
Does the Milky Way eat dark matter for dessert? Along with all the galaxies the Milky Way devours, it also swallows dark matter. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
Our black hole won't stop acting up and throwing tantrums The black hole in the center of our galaxy doesn’t just flare — it makes a scene. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
There is a monster named Maggie lurking in the galaxy Maggie is 3,900 light years long and could be a future breeding ground for stars. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago
More than 450 unknown objects had been lurking unknown in the Milky Way until now By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago
The motions of 66 nearby galaxies have now been reliably measured. Not stars. *Galaxies*. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago