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Does the Milky Way Have Too Many Satellite Galaxies?
Universe Today· 4 days agoIt is surrounded by at least 61 within 1.4 million light years (for context the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years away) but there are likely to...
Galactic Rings of Power: Astronomers Uncover Massive Magnetic Toroids in the Milky Way Halo
SciTechDaily· 14 hours agoAstrophysicists have discovered large magnetic toroids in the Milky Way’s halo, which impact cosmic...
Some of the universe's oldest stars have been discovered in the Milky Way
Quartz· 6 hours agoThe stars are in the Milky Way’s halo, a shroud of stars that surrounds the galactic disk. The stars...
Cosmic 'God's hand' in Milky Way galaxy appears in new telescope image
WMUR New Hampshire· 4 days agoIt's being nicknamed "God's hand." The picture was taken by the Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted...
New telescope images reveal ghostly ‘God’s Hand’ in Milky Way reaching across the cosmos - Boston...
7 News Boston· 6 days agoThe Dark Energy Camera captured a stunning image of “God’s Hand,” a cometary globule 1,300...
Telescope images reveal 'cloudy, ominous structure' known as 'God's Hand' in Milky Way
USA Today· 5 days agoAn interstellar structure known as “God’s Hand” can be seen reaching across the cosmos toward a...
Stunning telescope image shows 'God's Hand' reaching across the Milky Way
ABC7 New York· 6 days agoA stunning new telescope image from space shows what looks like a hand reaching across the universe....
James Webb telescope measures the starlight around the universe's biggest, oldest black holes for...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light...
Researchers discover the universe's oldest stars in our own galactic backyard
Science Daily· 19 hours agoBased on the team's analysis, the three stars formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago, the time when the very first galaxies were taking shape. The researchers have coined the stars "SASS ...
NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart
SPACE.com· 4 days agoUsing NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have discovered a new cosmic "exhaust vent"...