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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.…
Zoom Through 84 Million Stars in Gigantic New 9-Gigapixel Image
The image above is a portion of a new gigantic nine-gigapixel image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s…
Incredible Astrophoto Mosaic: Via Láctea in Alentejo
This astounding mosaic of the Milky Way is comprised of 104 separate images and was taken in Elvas, Alentejo, Portugal…
Rare X-Ray Nova Reveals a New Black Hole in the Milky Way
Swift J1745-26, with a scale of the moon as it would appear in the field of view from Earth. This…
Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Hot Halo
Artist's illustration of a hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; NASA/CXC/Ohio State/A.Gupta et al.) Our…
Gaia Mission Passes Vital Tests
Caption: Fully integrated Gaia payload module with nearly all of the multilayer insulation fabric installed. Credit: Astrium SAS Earlier this…
Beautiful Timelapse: Purely Pacific Northwest
Here's a wonderful new timelapse from photographer John Ecklund, a photographer from Portland, Oregon. He captures incredible views of the…
Found: Two ‘Exact Matches’ to the Milky Way Galaxy
This image shows one of the two ‘exact matches’ to the Milky Way system found in a new survey. The…
Stunning Astrophoto: Road to the Stars by Jack Fusco
Last week we posted an astrophoto by Jack Fusco, and when I looked at more of his images, this one…