Milky Way Galaxy 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 21 hours 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 month ago Star birth at the galaxy's edge A star still forming found in the galaxy's far-flung regions. By Phil Plait 1 month ago A satellite galaxy to the Milky Way has a way too big black hole at its heart Leo I is far too small for its enormous central black hole. By Phil Plait 1 month ago How massive is the Milky Way? How much stuff is in our galaxy? By Phil Plait 1 month ago It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 2 months ago Huge structures in our galaxy may show the Sun is in a kind of cosmic magnetic tunnel It's not conclusive, but giant radio wave features splayed across the sky may be connected. By Phil Plait 2 months ago G1.9+0.3: The last galactic supernova By Phil Plait 3 months ago Load More
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 21 hours 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 month ago
Star birth at the galaxy's edge A star still forming found in the galaxy's far-flung regions. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
A satellite galaxy to the Milky Way has a way too big black hole at its heart Leo I is far too small for its enormous central black hole. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 2 months ago
Huge structures in our galaxy may show the Sun is in a kind of cosmic magnetic tunnel It's not conclusive, but giant radio wave features splayed across the sky may be connected. By Phil Plait 2 months ago
