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James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
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Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of ...
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Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way. New research suggests that the carbon that serves as the building blocks of ...
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Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study reveals
Many of the atoms in the Milky Way, including the carbon in your body, have taken a round-trip journey through intergalactic space, new research suggests. (Image credit: VICTOR de SCHWANBERG ...
First-ever detection of a mid-infrared flare in Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's supermassive massive black hole
Using the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists made the first-ever ...
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Fate of the Milky Way shown in new image of 2 galaxies merging violently
The lab released a new image of two galaxies merging, which teases the fate of the Milky Way. The galactic merger is located around 60 million light-years away from Earth. In the image ...
Binary star system found near the Milky Way's black hole: An 'amazing' discovery, astrophysicists say
Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.