Young stars in the Milky Way's back yard challenge our understanding of how they form
Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...
Andromeda Galaxy: 10 Surprising Facts About Milky Way’s Nearest Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, is a majestic spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Let’s uncover some ...
NASA's Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxy
In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...
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2.5-Billion-Pixel Andromeda Galaxy Panorama Worth The Decade Of Hubble Observations
The work has revealed that Andromeda is a lot more chaotic than expected. Similar to what recently retired Gaia did for the ...
It took a decade for NASA to piece together this 416,592,960 pixel image of the Andromeda galaxy and the key takeaway? 'Andromeda's a train wreck'
"It looks like it has been through some kind of event that caused it to form a lot of stars and then just shut down” ...
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Last Starlight For Ground-breaking Gaia
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion ...
Moment of Science: The Gaia Sausage
Fire up the grill for some space sausage! Dan Smith explains a weird event with intergalactic implications. 🌌💫 ...
Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...