If you were attacked by a ravenous vampire star or risked falling into two dueling black holes, you’d probably run too! One of these terrifying scenarios is likely responsible for sending a low-mass star flying through the Milky Way at a staggering million miles per hour (1.6 million kilometers per hour). That’s about 1,500 times … Read more
Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have made groundbreaking discoveries about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Using ten years of X-ray data from NASA’s NuSTAR telescopethese findings provide new insights into the enigmatic environment surrounding this colossal cosmic entity. Discover hidden flares and … Read more
Astronomers have spotted bursts and echoes coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). These ‘cosmic fireworks’ and X-ray echoes could help scientists better understand the dark and silent cosmic titan that our Milky Way orbits. The team of researchers from Michigan State University made the … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn × close to Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn Scientists at the University of Missouri are … Read more
Some of the spiral galaxies studied by the researchers in the study. Credit: Vicki Kuhn Scientists at the University of Missouri are peering into the past and discovering new clues about the early universe. Because light takes a long time to travel through space, they can now see what galaxies looked like billions of years … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC × close to Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC Located about 380,000 light-years from Earth, Crater 2 is one of the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxies. Crater 2 is extremely cold and has slow-moving stars and low surface brightness. How this galaxy … Read more
The Milky Way is only as massive as it is due to collisions and mergers with other galaxies. This is a messy process and we see the same thing happening with other galaxies in the universe. Currently, we see the Milky Way nibbling away at its two satellite galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! A simulation of a possible explanation for the speed of an L subdwarf named CWISE J124909+362116.0 shows that it is part of a binary pair of white dwarfs that ended when the white dwarf exploded in a supernova. Credit: Adam Makarenko / … Read more
A simulation of a possible explanation for the speed of an L subdwarf named CWISE J124909+362116.0 shows that it is part of a binary pair of white dwarfs that ended when the white dwarf exploded in a supernova. Credit: Adam Makarenko / WM Keck Observatory It may seem as if the Sun is standing still … Read more
New findings from the Gaia Space Telescope indicate that the Milky Way cosmically cannibalized a small galaxy not so long ago. In fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another galaxy appears to have occurred billions years later than previously suspected. It has long been believed that the Milky Way grew through a … Read more