Milky Way Galaxy
Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around edges
It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around the far edges.
Telescope used on Armstrong's moon landing finds new galaxies
An Australian telescope used to broadcast live vision of man's first steps on the moon in 1969 finds hundreds of new galaxies hidden behind the Milky Way by using an innovative receiver that measures radio waves.
What the universe looks like in one image
A musician combines the logarithmic maps of the universe from Princeton and images from NASA to create an image showing the observable universe in one disc.
Astronomers find ancient stars in Milky Way center
Astronomers find a few stars swirling around the centre of the Milky Way that were formed not long after the universe began.
Ghostly particles from outer space detected in Antarctica
Buried deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside the galaxy and points beyond the Milky Way.
The Milky Way may be 50% bigger than previously thought (video)
A ring-like filament of stars wrapping around the Milky Way may actually belong to the galaxy itself, rippling above and below the relatively flat galactic plane. If so, that would expand the size of the known galaxy by 50% and raise intriguing questions about what caused the waves of stars.
Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around edges
It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around the far edges.
Telescope used on Armstrong's moon landing finds new galaxies
An Australian telescope used to broadcast live vision of man's first steps on the moon in 1969 finds hundreds of new galaxies hidden behind the Milky Way by using an innovative receiver that measures radio waves.
What the universe looks like in one image
A musician combines the logarithmic maps of the universe from Princeton and images from NASA to create an image showing the observable universe in one disc.
Astronomers find ancient stars in Milky Way center
Astronomers find a few stars swirling around the centre of the Milky Way that were formed not long after the universe began.
Ghostly particles from outer space detected in Antarctica
Buried deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside the galaxy and points beyond the Milky Way.
The Milky Way may be 50% bigger than previously thought (video)
A ring-like filament of stars wrapping around the Milky Way may actually belong to the galaxy itself, rippling above and below the relatively flat galactic plane. If so, that would expand the size of the known galaxy by 50% and raise intriguing questions about what caused the waves of stars.