Astronomy on MSN18h
The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
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See The Milky Way Galaxy's Warp In This Animation
Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...
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100 years ago: Edwin Hubble proved the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
Space on MSN1d
See The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole In An Amazing Polarized Event Horizon Telescope Image
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...
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ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...
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Mars Wrigley revives Milky Way Crispy Rolls after three-year hiatus
Mars Wrigley has revived Milky Way Crispy Rolls after a three-year hiatus. It has brought back the chocolate-coated wafers with soft centres in response to “much demand” from shoppers. They will be ...
Live Science29d
Most of the atoms in your body left the Milky Way on a 'cosmic conveyor belt' long before you were born, new study reveals
New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky Way on a cosmic "conveyor belt," before eventually returning to our ...
Space.com29d
Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way. New research suggests that the carbon that serves as the building blocks of ...
Sports Illustrated28d
Austin Reaves' New 'Milky Way' Sneakers are Otherworldly
The Rigorer AR2 'Milky Way' colorway. / KICKS CREW The new 'Milky Way' colorway will mark Austin's third release from his signature AR2 line, with the theme being first introduced on the AR1.
Space.com22d
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
The mission, which has been mapping the Milky Way for the last 12 years, shut down science operations on Wednesday (Jan. 15). The close of the mission's data-collecting phase was necessitated by ...
Phys.org23d
First-ever detection of a mid-infrared flare in Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's supermassive massive black hole
the supermassive massive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. In simultaneous radio observations, the team found a radio counterpart of the flare lagging behind in time. The paper is ...
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Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
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 ...