Data from ESA's Gaia mission has been used to create an 3D animated view of the Milky Way galaxy's stellar nurseries. CREDIT ...
A rare star reveals how the Universe's first stars exploded, helping explain the Milky Way’s outer halo and its unusual chemistry.
The night sky over the Moon Temple in Capitol Reef National Park. One of Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks, Capitol Reef ...
Scientists find ways of understanding role of molecular clouds near Milky Way disc in star formation
Scientists tracing small molecular clouds located near the Milky Way disc have “seen” the skeleton of the magnetic field surrounding them for the first time to better understand its ...
Using the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, an international team of astronomers has observed ...
"Discoveries like this are cosmic archaeology, uncovering rare stellar fossils that preserve the fingerprints of the universe’s first stars." ...
Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...
New observations of L 98-59d, a member of the five-planet system L 98-59, suggest it harbors a vast global magma ocean that traps sulfur deep inside, forming a previously unrecognized class of ...
A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy ...
The ratio of a star’s age to its metal content ties it to a characteristic birthplace within the disk.
Capturing the Milky Way doesn't require thousands of dollars in gear. Here is my simple guide to using your smartphone—or camera—and the dark sky to take professional-quality photos.
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