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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…
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…
Hubble Finds “Oddball” Stars in Milky Way Hub
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to peer deep into the central bulge of our galaxy have found a population…
Awe-Inspiring View of the Milky Way
[/caption] The Chilean Atacama Desert boasts some of the darkest skies on Earth – which is why it is home…
The Zooniverse is Expanding: The Milky Way Project Begins Today
[/caption] From the folks that brought you the addictive citizen science projects Galaxy Zoo and Moon Zoo (among others), comes…
Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in the Milky Way
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the…
Missing Milky Way Dark Matter
[/caption]Although dark matter is inherently difficult to observe, an understanding of its properties (even if not its nature) allows astronomers…
The Milky Way Might Be Square
[/caption] Just like being stuck inside and not being able to see what the outside of your house looks like,…
What Galaxy Do We Live In?
If you are not an astronomy enthusiast you not have thought much about what galaxy do we live in. So…
The Thick Disk: Galactic Construction Project or Galactic Rejects?
[/caption] The disk of spiral galaxies is comprised of two main components: The thin disk holds the majority of stars…