Tag: Milky way
Astronomers find a ‘break’ in one of the Milky Way’s spiral...
The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position inside it.
Scientists have...
Milky Way not unusual, astronomers find
Astronomers discover that galaxy UGC 10738 is similar to the Milky Way galaxy revealing that spiral galaxies are typical. This new discovery shows how...
Scientists observe supermassive black hole feeding on cold gas
Deep in the heart of the Abell 2597 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, astronomers see a small cluster of giant gas clouds raining in on the...
Computer simulations shed light on the Milky Way’s missing red giants
A sequence of snapshots from a simulation showing a red giant star tunneling through a high density gas clump. The star is moving downward...