Gaia provides a deep look into the galactic open cluster NGC 2506

Using ESA's Gaia satellite and NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the Ege University in ...

Skywatch: The ribbon of wonder and two evening comets

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...
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Starwatch: The Ribbon of Wonder and Two Evening Comets

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Scientists may have spotted ‘wind’ blowing from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.

Most supermassive black holes don’t just swallow up matter, they eject it, sometimes in spectacular jets of super heated ...
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A ribbon of wonder and two evening comets

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...
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There Is A Great Wave Traveling Across The Milky Way, Shifting Stars By 100s Of Light-Years

Astronomers have found more evidence that there is a massive ripple traveling through the Milky Way. They have found evidence that stars at the edge of the galactic disk are moving like people doing ...
Nature

How passage through the Milky Way’s spiral arms altered our planet

Earth’s journey through the Milky Way’s dense spiral arms might have churned up the planet’s surface 1. As the Solar System spins around the Milky Way’s centre, it passes through ripples of ...
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Is there still time to spot Milky Way's galactic center? Here's when, how to see in US

Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...