Butler Eagle2h
A great comet and a magnificent Milky Way!
Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...
5 mesmerising images of universe captured during Hubble Heritage project
Hubble Heritage images are famously known for colour images of the universe captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. These images are part of the Hubble Heritage project which consists of a ...
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A baby Milky Way may have swallowed a dwarf galaxy named Loki
Astronomers hypothesize that a long-ago dwarf galaxy dubbed Loki may have merged with the Milky Way when our galaxy was in ...
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Milky Way's Black Hole: May Be Spinning Football-Shaped Spacetime Warp
The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football," according to the Chandra X-ray ...
Daily Galaxy on MSN19h
Near-Earth Microquasar V4641 Sgr Emits Unprecedented Gamma Radiation, Reshaping Cosmic Ray Research
Astronomers have uncovered a startling source of high-energy gamma radiation much closer to home than previously believed.
The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe
A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...