International team detects eruption of mega-magnetic star in nearby galaxy
While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays—high-energy photons—coming from the nearby galaxy M82. ...
Tag: Milky Way
Listen to a symphony for the Milky Way, made from real NASA data (video)
https://youtu.be/y9Pji5EcM80?si=ngk7dmlHCQBjgLJD Sophie Kastner is a musical composer who translated the unlistenable into song, turning nuanced data emanating from the heart ...
Dozens Of Massive ‘Runaway’ Stars Found Fleeing The Milky Way
The Milky Way can't hold onto all of its stars. Some of them get ejected into intergalactic space and spend ...
How our Milky Way galaxy would look in gravitational waves (video)
A simulated map of the Milky Way as it would appear in gravitational waves has given a powerful impression of ...
Alien’s-eye view of the Milky Way: Our galaxy is unusual but not unique
Astronomers have now deduced what alien scientists might see when they gaze at the Milky Way from afar. The new ...
Hubble Space Telescope captures chaotic globular cluster near Milky Way’s core
A stunning Hubble Space Telescope image shows the chaotic and densely packed stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355. The ...
Dark Energy Camera Unveils Billions of Celestial Objects in Unprecedented Survey of the Milky Way
NSF’s NOIRLab releases colossal astronomical data tapestry displaying the majesty of our Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have released ...
Speeding Cloud Might Come from Recent, Nearby Supernova
A mysterious cloud of neutral hydrogen gas, once thought to be falling fast into the Milky Way from its outskirts, ...
A cataclysmic pair of stars has been discovered, which moves at record speed
Scientists have discovered a binary star system called ZTF J1813+4251 located about 3,000 light-years away from us, and the orbital ...
Mastering Astronomy
Mastering Astronomy - Let's start There's no one answer for how to mastering astronomy, but there are a few key ...