Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...
T he Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is no stranger to the vast cosmic forces that shape the universe. Yet, an exciting discovery has unveiled an even more dramatic future: the Milky ...
New research from a team at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics suggests that the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, hosts a gravitational structure hundreds of ...
The Milky Way galaxy is packed with hydrogen atoms, and these atoms are constantly emitting 21 cm radiation. The best part is that this radiation can travel long distances through the interstellar ...
It seemed that these redshifted galaxies were all moving away from the Milky Way. Hubble’s results suggested the farther away a galaxy was, the faster it was moving away from Earth. Hubble got ...
An artist’s illustration depicts the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas and dust.