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Does the Milky Way orbit anything?
Space via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoMoons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Stars orbit the centers of galaxies. But beyond that, things get a little harder to visualize. Do galaxies —...
The Milky Way's heart shines over construction site of world's largest telescope
Space via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoConstruction of the Extremely Large Telescope has reached another milestone, with the completion of...
The Egyptian sky goddess and the Milky Way
EarthSky· 6 days agoWhat did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? My recent study showed an intriguing link between an Egyptian goddess and the Milky ...
Universe’s oldest known stars found in Milky Way’s ‘halo’
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered three of the oldest stars in...
15 Awe-Inspiring Images of Our Galaxy From the 2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year
My Modern Met· 6 days agoFor the seventh year, travel blog Capture the Atlas has celebrated our galaxy with its Milky Way...
The Milky Way swallowed the universe's oldest stars
Astronomy Magazine· 6 days agoTo find the universe’s oldest stars, you must look for the ones with low chemical abundances and a retrograde orbit. Using these methods, the team...
Lego Is Bringing Us to Space With These Two New Building Sets
Popular Mechanics· 6 days agoThe Milky Way Galaxy set and the NASA Artemis Space Launch System set are officially here—and you...
See the best Milky Way photos of 2024
EarthSky· 5 days agoIt’s that time of the year again when we gaze with wonder upon some of the world’s best images of our home, the Milky Way galaxy. In the meantime, enjoy ...
Vanishing Without a Trace: Why Stars Mysteriously Disappear From the Night Sky
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoAstrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars...
The week's best photos
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPart of the Milky Way is seen at the Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve in the Central Australian Outback (Image credit: Baillie Farley / Milky ...
