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The Milky Way's Black Hole is Devouring a 278 Trillion Mile Gas Cloud

It could give us a front row seat to elusive black hole behavior.

Inverse

The Webb telescope finds surprisingly massive galaxies from the universe's youth

At about 600 million years after the Big Bang, they're not the oldest galaxies the telescope has spotted. But they appear as developed as our Milky Way — far further along than researchers expected.

WEKU

At least 36 alien species are 'in our galaxy - and could tell us how long we'll last'

Witing in the The Astrophysical Journal, a new paper looks into the likely number of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent (CETI) civilizations in the Milky Way

Daily Mirror

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Mini Milky Way? NASA spots a new galaxy

"The Sparkler" looks like the Milky Way when it was a baby

Salon

2 Billion Years Ago, Andromeda Swallowed Another Galaxy — These Stars are All That Remain

Astronomers used the motion of stars to reconstruct a galactic collision that happened 2 billion years ago at the nearest neighboring large galaxy.

Inverse

What Mysteries is the Universe Hiding from Us? A Cosmologist Weighs In

From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past century — but big questions linger

Inverse

The Milky Way Galaxy May Be a Unique Heavyweight in One Weird Way

Illustris TNG simulation shows that the Milky Way is special, all thanks to a cosmic wall.

Inverse

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The Photographer Who For The Last Two Years Has Traveled Thousands Of Miles Chasing Starscapes

The photographer who for the last two years has traveled thousands of miles chasing amazing starscapes around Spain.

Zenger

Image of Milky Way rising over Tudor mansion scoops national park photography prize

The image captures a showstopping night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex

Evening Standard

Shot of Milky Way rising over Tudor ruins wins national park photography prize

The image, taken by Richard Murray from Waterlooville, Hampshire, captures the night-time scene at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex.

The Independent UK

As a girl, I was thrilled by the night sky. Must my son grow up without seeing the Milky Way?

I love the idea of my boy and his dad peering through a telescope together, writes Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. But what will light pollution leave for them to look at?

The Guardian - UK

Google Maps for the Milky Way

Researchers now have an intricate three-dimensional structural map of billions of objects in our galaxy

Salon

You need to explore this amazing map of the Milky Way

Trust us on this one. The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey’s latest data release shows our home galaxy in unprecedented detail.

Inverse

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Billions of objects revealed in Milky Way

Plus! Scientist explains ‘DNA damage’ linked to nail & beauty salon UV gel lamps

Evening Standard

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Inverse

Our Solar System may be surrounded by a halo of 10 million interstellar objects

A recent model suggests that passing interstellar objects should get pulled into our Sun's orbit fairly often.

The Conversation

Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way's galactic plane

Two major astronomy research programs, called EMU and PEGASUS, have joined forces to resolve one of the mysteries of our Milky Way: where are all the supernova remnants?

Inverse

How bright is the Universe? NASA’s Pluto probe shines a light on the long-standing enigma

The light coming from stars beyond the Milky Way is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies – we are even more out there than we thought!

Inverse

A Dune-inspired spacecraft could finally reveal what dark matter is made of

This nimble satellite will punch hugely above its weight and try to track down one of the most elusive and mysterious substances in the universe: dark matter.

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Blinded by the light: how skyglow pollution is separating us from the stars

Light infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it’s not only star gazing in jeopardy – cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened

The Conversation

Arrakhis: the tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of

The European Space Agency (Esa) recently announced a new mission of its science programme: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis. But although its name is inspired by the sci-fi novel Dune, it will not be looking for sandworms or “spice” on a desert planet.

The Conversation

BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers

The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with stories of mythical hunters, sisters and journeys.

Inverse

An iconic nearby astronomical object has been stealing stars from other galaxies

The researchers behind this work identified a population of globulars in Andromeda’s inner halo that all have the same metallicity.

Reuters

New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes

Most galaxies are built around humongous black holes. While many of these are comparatively docile, like the one at our Milky Way's center, some are fierce - guzzling surrounding material and unleashing huge and blazingly bright jets of high-energy particles far into space.

The Conversation

Curious Kids: how many galaxies are there in the universe?

How many galaxies are there beyond the Milky Way? – Rosella, aged 15, Hong Kong

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eerie Image Shows Spectacular Aftermath of a Large Star’s Death

The aftermath of a large star's explosive death is seen in an image released on Monday by the European Southern Observatory, showing immense filaments of brightly shining gas that was blasted into space during the supernova. Before exploding at the end of its life cycle, the star is believed to…

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