"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...
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NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, photo of the ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station, offering a ...
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Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* Supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy - Milky Way vs ...
"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a front-row seat to some of the most extraordinary sights in the ...
Scientists have pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which is home to the ...