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New Milky Way map reveals the magnificent messiness of our galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAstronomers have used the youngest objects in the Milky Way to build a new map of the galaxy's...
Milky Way galaxy's spiral arms revealed in stunning detail by chemical mapping
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA chemical mapping technique has revealed details of the Milky Way's spiral arms that have, until...
The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew measurements suggest that the traditional view of the Milky Way as a galaxy with four major...
Alien's-eye view of the Milky Way: Our galaxy is unusual but not unique
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAstronomers have now deduced what alien scientists might see when they gaze at the Milky Way from...
How our Milky Way galaxy would look in gravitational waves (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA simulated image of gravitational-wave sources in our galaxy. . A simulated map of the Milky Way as...
The Milky Way: Understanding Our Place in the Galaxy
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA look at the night sky at any time of year will reveal a faint band of light stretching across the sky -- our solar system's home, the Milky Way. How...
In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction
Space via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThree ancient stars that hail from cannibalized dwarf galaxies are "on the run" at hundreds of...
How do we know what the Milky Way looks like?
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDirectly mapping the Milky Way is an extremely challenging task, but observations of other galaxies helped us piece together what our home galaxy looked...
IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica spots first high-energy neutrinos emitted in our own Milky...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoScientists have detected the first neutrinos from our galaxy. NSF/IceCubeThe South Pole IceCube...
Scientists reveal never-before-seen map of the Milky Way's central engine (image)
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA new map spanning 500 light-years reveals the interaction between magnetic fields and dust in the...