Milky Way

A portion of the huge Taurus Molecular Cloud is seen here in two-panel mosaic. The darkest areas are where stars are being born, hidden from view by thick clots of dust. Credit: Adam Block /Steward Observatory/University of Arizona
The sky is filled with rivers of darkness
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What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year?
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The motions of 66 nearby galaxies have now been reliably measured. Not stars. *Galaxies*.
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The magnificent Andromeda Galaxy along with its companion M32 (upper left of center). Credit: Local Group Survey Team and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)
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The dark force secretly slowing down our galaxy could be dark matter
Elizabeth Rayne
Jun 22, 2021
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How long would it take for an alien civilization to populate an entire galaxy?
Phil Plait
Jun 17, 2021
A modern map of the Milky Way Galaxy, showing the Sun below center. Despite being 120,000 light years across, even using relatively modest technology it could be explored in just a few hundred million years. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech)
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Illuminating new research refines timeline of how and when Milky Way formed
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May 18, 2021
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Dark matter could be powering a galaxy that orbits the Milky Way until they collide
Elizabeth Rayne
May 1, 2021
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Has the safest place for life in the Milky Way been found?
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 2, 2021
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New study believes the Milky Way is swimming with watery worlds like Earth
Jeff Spry
Feb 24, 2021
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ESA’s trippy time-lapse video travels 1.6 million years into the Milky Way’s future
Elizabeth Rayne
Dec 12, 2020
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Astronomers see the Milky Way eating one of its own
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Oct 19, 2020
M92, a globular cluster about 27,000 light years from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Gilles Chapdelaine
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Is the Milky Way evolving right before our eyes? Something it just spewed out could mean exactly that
Elizabeth Rayne
Aug 26, 2020
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The fastest star in the galaxy has been found, and yeah, it’s really *really* fast
Phil Plait
Aug 17, 2020
A simulation showing the positions and orbits of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org
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New research paper theorizes there might be 36 alien civilizations in the Milky Way
Jeff Spry
Jun 18, 2020
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Hubble Space Telescope snaps ultra-clear image of 13-billion-year-old globular cluster
Jeff Spry
Jun 5, 2020
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Our solar system emerged from the Milky Way and another galaxy smashing into each other
Elizabeth Rayne
May 28, 2020
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