Tag: Milky Way
A mysterious sphere lies deep in the Milky Way
There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes. But astronomers recentl [...]
Dark matter is more valuable than gold
Wobbly galaxies help shine a light on the universe's strangest stuff.
Dark matter, widely known as the universe's most mysterious stuff, is rarer [...]
Rapid-fire light show in Milky Way’s central black hole
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party, complete with a disco ball-style light show. Using NASA’s Ja [...]
‘Great Filter’ is why we haven’t found intelligent aliens
But seriously, where is everybody?
"Where is everybody?" That famous phrase, uttered over lunch by eminent physicist Enrico Fermi, perfectly encap [...]
NASA’s Webb Peers into Extreme Outer Galaxy
Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists call this region the Extr [...]
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