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New research that used imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope gives credence to a scientific theory that says the Milky Way is inside ... associate professor of computer science Lior Shamir ...

Right now, about 60 are known to surround the Milky Way, but the expectation is that this new discovery will lead to the identification of more. The team ran computer simulations to study how ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

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The team, led by Till Sawala of the University of Helsinki, ran simulations including four of the largest galaxies in the Local Group: Andromeda, the Milky Way, the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and ...

Meet the Milky Way in its own words. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy takes a tour of our home in the cosmos from an unexpected perspective. Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier ...

Believe it or not, the stardust-studded sparkle of the Milky Way galaxy is yet another celestial phenomenon that is visible from Michigan's backyard with your own eyes. With careful planning ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...

The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 ...

Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...