Milky way
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A spectacular new view of the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Outback telescope captures Milky Way center.
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Milky Way’s big black hole just kicked a superfast star out of the galaxy
This star is travelling at record-breaking speed - 10 times faster than most stars in the Milky Way, including our Sun.
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Scientists discovered smallest black hole ever
Astronomers studying black holes in our galaxy, the Milky Way, have discovered what they believe to be a new type of black hole- the smallest black hole ever.
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An unexplained surplus of gas flowing into our home galaxy
The new gas could be coming from the intergalactic medium.
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Scientists created a high frame-rate movie of a growing black hole
Violent flaring revealed at the heart of a black hole system.
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Our Milky Way galaxy is on collision course with nearby Andromeda galaxy
The violent history of the big galaxy next door.
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Towering balloon-like features discovered near center of the Milky Way
The result of a phenomenally energetic burst that erupted near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole a few million years ago.
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Busy older stars outpace stellar youngsters, study
Older stars are move active because they have been around the longest, and because they were formed during a period when the Galaxy was a bit more violent, with lots of star formation happening and lots of disturbance from gasses and smaller satellite galaxies.
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Scientists discovered the largest observed black hole to date
Scientists have found the largest black hole ever observed at the center of Holm 15A, a galaxy about 700 million light-years away.
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Anatomy of a Cosmic Seagull
Colourful and wispy, this intriguing collection of objects is known as the Seagull Nebula, named for its resemblance to a gull in flight. Made...