Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new ...
At the fringes of our galaxy, a multitude of fine ribbons of stars, previously unnoticed, has just been discovered. This find ...
Research findings are available online in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The original story “ For the first time, ...
NASA’s SPHEREx mapped water ice across vast regions of the galaxy, confirming that an essential molecule for life on Earth ...
An international team has mapped the Milky Way’s star-forming boundary at about 35,000 to 40,000 light-years from its center using stellar age measurements and galaxy simulations. The work revealed a ...
New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's ...
"Milky Way season," when our galaxy's bright center is most visible, is now beginning in the Northern Hemisphere. The best time to see the Milky Way in the US is generally from March to September.
Astronomers have discovered the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk, revealing that most new stars form within 40,000 ...
Looking at the ground, the only things visible are the rows of glow-in-the-dark road markings. But when the avid ...