Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...
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The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky WayVisual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
With a nickname like Big Sky country, it's no surprise Montana is the ultimate destination for this year's celestial events, ...
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
Scientists discovered the star SMSS1605-1443 in 2018. Upon discovery, they determined that it was perhaps one of the Milky Way’s oldest stars based on its chemical composition. However ...
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