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The Milky Way's last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent
SPACE.com· 6 hours agoNew findings from the Gaia space telescope indicate the Milky Way may have cannibalized a small...
Lone Star State: Tracking a Low-Mass Star as it Sp | Newswise
Newswise· 14 hours agoIt may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the Sun is...
How the Webb and Gaia missions bring a new perspective on galaxy formation
Ars Technica· 8 hours agoBetween Gaia’s data on the position and movements of stars within our Milky Way and Webb’s...
The storied Hubble telescope has gone into ‘safe mode.’ Here’s NASA’s plan to keep it alive | CNN
CNN.com· 3 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space...
Galactic bloodlines: Many nearby star clusters originate from only three 'families'
Science Daily· 12 hours agoUsing precise data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia mission and spectroscopic observations, the team traced the origins of 155 young star clusters within a radius of about 3,500 light-years ...
A Portal to the Past: Hubble Reveals an Ancient Witness to a Galactic Merger
SciTechDaily· 12 hours agoThis mesmerizing image from the Hubble Space Telescope features the globular cluster NGC 2005. NGC...
Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says 'great science' will continue
WUSF 89.7· 6 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope is suffering the kinds of aches and pains that can come with being old,...
'Super' Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA's Chandra - NASA
NASA· 4 days agoWesterlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra...
Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun...
See A Crescent Moon After Sunset: The Night Sky This Week
Forbes· 14 hours agoEach Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere), but be sure to check my main feed for ...