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What Color is the Milky Way? White as Snow (not Milk)
[/caption] What color would the Milky Way appear to alien civilizations looking at our galaxy through their telescopes? It turns…
A New Look at the Milky Way’s Central Bar
[/caption]You may have heard about the restaurant at the end of the Universe, but have you heard of the bar…
First Look at a Black Hole’s Feast
A true heart of darkness lies at the center of our galaxy: Sagittarius A* (pronounced "A-star") is a supermassive black…
Are The Milky Way’s First Stars Responsible For Destroying Its Satellite Galaxies?
About a decade ago, standard cosmological models encountered a slight problem when applied to the Milky Way... missing satellite galaxies.…
Milky Way Arm Wrestles With Dark Matter
[/caption] For a good number of years, astronomers have hypothesized the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy has been loaded up with dark…
Milky Way Harbors “Ticking Time Bombs”
[/caption] According to new research, the only thing that may be keeping elderly stars from exploding is their rapid spin.…
Huge Reservoir of Water Discovered in Space 30 Billion Trillion Miles Away
[/caption] From a Caltech Press Release: Water really is everywhere. Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the…
Milky Way Sparkles In The Eyes Of Gaia
[/caption] Here on Earth we play around with CCD cameras that boast a million pixels. But, can you imagine what…
Carbon Monoxide Reveals Distant Milky Way Arm
[/caption] Our Milky Way Galaxy's elemental form is hypothesized to be a barred structure - made up of two major…
Timelapse: Milky Way from the Dakotas
Growing up in the Dakotas, I can attest to the dark skies that grace the northern plains. However, there is…