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Galactic Gas Cloud Could Help Spot Hidden Black Holes
The heart of our Milky Way galaxy is an exotic place. It's swarming with gigantic stars, showered by lethal blasts…
A Cosmic Snake for Chinese New Year
Gong Hey Fat Choy! Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and what better way to celebrate the…
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NASA: Reaches for New Heights – Greatest Hits Video
http://youtu.be/HsA_BsH0QxM Video Caption: At NASA, we've been a little busy: landing on Mars, developing new human spacecraft, going to the…
Astronomers Find a “Spine” Along Spiral Arms of the Milky Way
Astronomers have found what may be considered a piece of a galactic skeleton; a dark structure of gas and dust…
Black Hole Jets Might Be Molded by Magnetism
Visible-light Hubble image of the jet emitted by the 3-billion-solar-mass black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 (Feb. 1998)…
Astrophoto: Beam Me Up!
Light beams and the Milky Way. Credit: Peter Greig (St1nkyPete on Flickr) This great shot of the Milky Way includes…
Stunning New Timelapse: Storms and Stars at Joshua Tree
Here's another gorgeous timelapse by Gavin Heffernan, who returned to Joshua Tree National Park in California for his third look…
Explore the Stellar Neighborhood with New Milky Way Visualization
Screenshot from 100,000 Stars Want to explore the Milky Way? A new visualization tool from Google called 100,000 Stars lets…
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Shoots Out Brightest Flare Ever
This false-color image shows the central region of our Milky Way Galaxy as seen by Chandra. The bright, point-like source…
Astronomers Uncover a Crime of Galactic Proportions
As the Milky Way rises over the horizon at the European Southern Observatory, its companion galaxies also come into view.…