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There Are Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments at the Center of the Milky Way
Several million years ago, the core of our galaxy experienced a powerful event. It blew out a huge bi-lobed bubble…
Astronomers are Searching for a Galaxy-Wide Transmitter Beacon at the Center of the Milky Way
Researchers with the SETI Institute have monitored the center of the Milky Way for possible transmissions from a galactic beacon.
What Does the Milky Way Look Like?
A team from the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has revealed a new picture of the Milky Way's morphology.
A Tadpole-Shaped Cloud of Gas is Whirling Around a Black Hole
A team of astronomers from Japan have found a strange "Tadpole" shaped dust cloud near the center of our galaxy,…
A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
New research from UCLA's Galactic Center Group has found an explanation for the mysterious "blob" (X7) at the center of…
Globular Star Clusters are Constantly Kicking Stars out of the Galaxy
All the stars we can see with the naked eye are part of the Milky Way. The gravitational power of…
Astronomers Uncover Mass Migration of Stars into Andromeda
Astronomers know that galaxies grow over time through mergers with other galaxies. We can see it happening in our galaxy.…
According to Simulations, the Milky Way is One in a Million
Humanity is in a back-and-forth relationship with nature. First, we thought we were at the center of everything, with the…
A New Survey of the Milky Way Reveals Billions of Objects, Helping to Map Our Surroundings in Three Dimensions
The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey 2 (DECaPS2) is out. This is the second data release from DECaPS, and the…
You’re Looking at a Map of the Milky Way’s Magnetic Field
Using telescopes that study the sky in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum, astronomers have successfully mapped the structure…