Planet formation favors the metal-rich inner Milky Way, suggest scientists
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Peculiar icy objects in outer reaches of the Milky Way perplex astronomers
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
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Hubble's Famous M31 VAR! plate
Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope ... Note that the seeing during this 40 min exposure was poor ("Seeing <1"), near the bottom of the Mt ...
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Scientists find hints of the dark universe in 3D maps of the cosmos
A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark universe.
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South Africa’s MeerKAT in ‘extraordinary’ discovery
MeerKAT’s newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary: the plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light years.
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
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South African Telescope Discovers a Giant Galaxy That's 32 Times Bigger Than Earth's [analysis]
You may not know it, but right now there's a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief party goers are known as supermassive black holes. These mysterious objects can have ...