Forbes12d
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...
Space.com23d
100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...
Astronomy4d
The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way
I began photographing the Milky Way around 2018, but the hobby took off in earnest for me at the onset of the COVID years as I took myself out to remote dark sites to capture images. For many ...
Science News17d
Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation
The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...
Gizmodo26d
Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...
moneycontrol.com5d
Top 7 Most Beautiful Images of the Milky Way Shared by NASA's Hubble
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Phys.org24d
Young stars in the Milky Way's back yard challenge our understanding of how they form
The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located nearly 160,000 light-years from Earth. This relatively "nearby" distance, and its face-on orientation to Earth, make it an ideal ...
Space.com25d
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
The mission, which has been mapping the Milky Way for the last 12 years, shut down science operations on Wednesday (Jan. 15). The close of the mission's data-collecting phase was necessitated by ...
Phys.org26d
First-ever detection of a mid-infrared flare in Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's supermassive massive black hole
the supermassive massive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. In simultaneous radio observations, the team found a radio counterpart of the flare lagging behind in time. The paper is ...
People23d
Amazon Has a Best-Selling Projector on Sale for Just $59 — and Yes, It’ll Arrive Before the Super Bowl
That way you don’t have to worry about blocking the image when you’re walking around the room. Any standard projector mount will work with this model (the ceiling mount I use is also on sale ...
moneycontrol.com18d
ESA spacecraft Gaia releases the best Milky Way map before shutting down after 12 years
The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has officially ended its mission to map the Milky Way after 12 years of data collection. The spacecraft shut down its science operations on January 15 ...