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James Webb Space Telescope tracks a galaxy's history back to just after the Big Bang

Using the James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have zoomed in on a dwarf galaxy in the Milky Way's local group to understand the ebb and flow of star formation since the early universe.

Space

Cosmic Super Bowl? The Milky Way's black hole is shaping spacetime into a football

As predicted by general relativity, the rapid spin of our galaxy's 4.1-million-solar-mass black hole is able to warp the fabric of spacetime.

Space

Strange new star discovered in Milky Way

Scientists’ 10-year hunt reveals a nursery of stars, and a surprising grandparent

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Something 'fishy' is happening with the Milky Way's dark matter halo

Stars around the outskirts of our galaxy may hint at a secret about the Milky Way's dark matter.

Space

Hidden star discovery reveals 'old smokers' and 'screaming' newborns

While monitoring around a billion Milky Way stars over 10 years, astronomers discovered a new ancient red star type along with a bunch of violently erupting newborn protostars.

Space

'Old Smokers': Strange New Type Of Star Discovered In Milky Way

Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly for long periods of time, barely noticeable, before suddenly puffing out a cloud of smoke.

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‘Old smokers’: astronomers discover giant ancient stars in Milky Way

Stars sat fading quietly for years before suddenly puffing out vast clouds of smoke

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Mysterious radio source in heart of ancient star cluster might be a rare black hole

One of the Milky Way’s brightest star clusters may have a medium-sized black hole at its heart, groundbreaking radio observations revealed.

Space

How do we know what the Milky Way looks like?

Directly mapping the Milky Way is an extremely challenging task, but observations of other galaxies helped us piece together what our home galaxy looked like.

Space

Surprise gamma-ray discovery could shed light on cosmic mystery

An unexpected and unexplained gamma-ray signal from beyond the Milky Way found among 13 years of NASA Fermi Telescope data could be linked to another cosmic mystery.

Space

Ripples in the oldest known spiral galaxy may shed light on the origins of our Milky Way

Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, offering new insight on the origins of our very own Milky Way.

Space

Millions of invisible 'mirror stars' could exist in the Milky Way, and astronomers know how to find them

An entire universe made of 'dark' particles could exist within our own, and astronomers may know the first place to look: In the mysterious hearts of supposed 'mirror stars'.

LiveScience

Hubble Telescope sees a bright 'snowball' of stars in the Milky Way's neighbor (image)

The Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on a tightly bound cluster of stars located in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, producing an image of a globular cluster that looks like a frosty cosmic snowball.

Space

Can stars form around black holes?

Black holes create some of the most extreme environments in the cosmos — can stars form in such conditions?

Space

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What Created The Milky Way’s Mysterious Bar? A Galactic Collision, Maybe

Some researchers think the collision may have left another mark on the Milky Way: giving our galaxy the bar that cuts across its center.

LiveScience

How many times has the sun traveled around the Milky Way?

Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.

LiveScience

1st evidence of nuclear fission in stars hints at elements 'never produced on Earth'

An analysis of 42 ancient stars in the Milky Way reveals the first hints of nuclear fission in the cosmos, hinting at the existence of elements far heavier than anything found naturally on Earth.

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The Webb Telescope Went On A Hunt For Baby Stars But Accidentally Discovered Something Weirder

Astronomers looked into a relatively dark patch of the Milky Way center looking for traces of newly forming stars but found something else entirely.

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An 'extragalactic' intruder may lurk among stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole

Potentially, the 1st "extragalactic" star found at the heart of our galaxy S0–6 appears to have taken a 10 billion-year-long journey to reach the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.

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James Webb telescope discovers dark secret of 'The Brick,' a gas cloud flipping assumptions about how stars are born

Peering deep into 'The Brick,' a dark, chaotic gas cloud at the heart of the Milky Way, the James Webb Space Telescope uncovered secrets that could shake up theories of star formation.

Space

Could a 'supervoid' solve an unrelenting debate over the universe's expansion rate?

Measurements of how fast the universe is expanding differ depending on how you measure the rate. Could a huge under-density of galaxies, including the Milky Way, be to blame?

Space

James Webb Space Telescope gazes into 'The Brick,' a dark nebula near the Milky Way's heart

A dark nebula, also known as "The Brick," was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Space

A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all

For the first time since its discovery, scientists have found stars within the Magellanic Stream, a mighty river of hydrogen gas emanating from two small galaxies in the outskirts of the Milky Way.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope reveals 'nursery' of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way

A dazzling new James Webb telescope image of the region near the Milky Way's central black hole reveals thousands of newborn stars among the "most extreme cosmic environment" in the galaxy.

Space

The Milky Way lights up the 'Valley of the moon' in magical new night sky photo

The European Southern Observatory shared a mesmerizing new photo of the Milky Way shining above Valle de la Luna, meaning "Valley of the Moon," in Chile's Atacama Desert.

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