The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) at the heart of the Milky Way holds a lot of gas. It contains about…
We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.…
The ESA has announced that Gaia's primary mission is coming to an end. The spacecraft's fuel is running low, and…
A survey of high velocity clouds in the galactic halo of the Milky Way finds that they make up less…
Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we're inside it,…
The Zone of Avoidance is a region of the sky that's obscured by the disk of the Milky Way. The…
About half a century ago, astronomers theorized that the Solar System is situated in a low-density hot gas environment. This…
For the past ten years, Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) has…
The Milky Way's outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to…
Anytime astronomers talk of mapping the Milky Way I am always reminded how tricky the study of the Universe can…