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360 Degrees of Milky Way at Your Fingertips
Touring the Milky Way's a blast with this brand new 360-degree interactive panorama. More than 2 million infrared photos taken…
How Giant Galaxies Bind The Milky Way’s Neighborhood With Gravity
Is it stretching it too far to think of a Lord of the Rings-esque "Entmoot" when reading the phrase "Council…
Astrophoto: “Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning!”
Which way to the center of the galaxy? This very creative -- and gorgeous -- view of the Milky Way…
Astrophotographer’s Dream: Venus and Milky Way Galaxy Over Singapore
"My dream to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy in Singapore has finally come true this morning after the monsoon…
‘Green Valley’ Of Galaxies Shows Off Gas And Star Formation
We keep saying this: the universe is more complex than it appears. Conventional thinking in galaxy research postulates that spiral galaxies…
Astrophoto: Stunning Wide-Field Mosaic of the Milky Way
This gorgeous view of the Milky Way was taken by astrophotographer Tanja Sund during a trip to the desert in…
Milky Way-Mapping Telescope Nabs Its First Pictures In Space
From a lonely outpost in space, the European Space Agency's Gaia telescope is getting ready to map out the Milky…
Milky Way Shakes, Rattles and Rolls…
For decades astronomers have puzzled over the many details concerning the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy. Now a group…
Anybody Want A Peanut? New Model Shows Tasty Orbital Shapes In Milky Way’s Bulge
Remember that 3-D map of the Milky Way that postulated that the center of the galaxy is shaped like a…