Milky way

Large amounts of oxygen detected in the ancient star’s atmosphere

Very unusual chemical composition in ancient star’s atmosphere.

Hubble Telescope captured a view of a majestic spiral galaxy

To kickstart the 30th anniversary year of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble has imaged a majestic spiral galaxy. Galaxy UGC 2885 may be...

Galactic Pyrotechnics from 23 million light-years away

NGC 4258 is relatively close to Earth, astronomers can study how this black hole is affecting its galaxy in great detail.

ESO telescope observed the central part of the Milky Way

It uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy.

Astronomers discovered most distant galaxy ever

The light from MAMBO-9 traveled about 13 billion years to reach ALMA’s antennas.

Scientists finally calculated the mass of our milky way

Scientists used sophisticated models to calculate the mass of the Milky Way.

Mapping our galaxy’s magnetic field

Expanding our knowledge of the Milky Way's 3-D structure.

A spectacular new view of the center of the Milky Way galaxy

Outback telescope captures Milky Way center.

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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