Milky Way Galaxy A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago The secret of the bulge: A gorgeous partially digested galaxy in the Milky Way’s core The star cluster Liller 1 is not what it appears. By Phil Plait 3 weeks ago Our Milky Way galaxy’s last big collision still leaves clues 10 billion years later Undigested cosmic sausage reveals secrets of a massive galactic merger. By Phil Plait 4 months ago Paradox! How did this 5-million-year-old star survive a 39-million-year journey? Oddball star may be lying about its age. By Phil Plait 4 months ago Astronomers find the first rogue black hole wandering the Milky Way! If confirmed, it's the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever found. By Phil Plait 4 months ago A thousand-light-year-wide bubble around the Sun was blown by the ghosts of long-dead stars Local Bubble carved by supernova beginning 14 million years ago. By Phil Plait 5 months ago Cool: The galaxy's oldest globular cluster has been found. Cooler: Our galaxy is eating it. Extremely ancient star cluster torn apart by the Milky Way. By Phil Plait 5 months ago A weird blob that survived a close pass with a huge black hole is actually three stars enshrouded in dust G2 isn't one dust cloud, it's three, each with an embedded star. By Phil Plait 5 months ago Amazing new images show stars flung around by the Milky Way's enormous central black hole Watch stars move under the influence of a supermassive black hole. By Phil Plait 6 months ago Star birth at the galaxy's edge A star still forming found in the galaxy's far-flung regions. By Phil Plait 6 months ago Load More
A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
The secret of the bulge: A gorgeous partially digested galaxy in the Milky Way’s core The star cluster Liller 1 is not what it appears. By Phil Plait 3 weeks ago
Our Milky Way galaxy’s last big collision still leaves clues 10 billion years later Undigested cosmic sausage reveals secrets of a massive galactic merger. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
Paradox! How did this 5-million-year-old star survive a 39-million-year journey? Oddball star may be lying about its age. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
Astronomers find the first rogue black hole wandering the Milky Way! If confirmed, it's the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever found. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
A thousand-light-year-wide bubble around the Sun was blown by the ghosts of long-dead stars Local Bubble carved by supernova beginning 14 million years ago. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
Cool: The galaxy's oldest globular cluster has been found. Cooler: Our galaxy is eating it. Extremely ancient star cluster torn apart by the Milky Way. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
A weird blob that survived a close pass with a huge black hole is actually three stars enshrouded in dust G2 isn't one dust cloud, it's three, each with an embedded star. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
Amazing new images show stars flung around by the Milky Way's enormous central black hole Watch stars move under the influence of a supermassive black hole. By Phil Plait 6 months ago
Star birth at the galaxy's edge A star still forming found in the galaxy's far-flung regions. By Phil Plait 6 months ago
