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Gargantuan black hole LB-1 'should not exist'
Nov 28, 2019Scientists have discovered a black hole in our own galaxy that could rewrite the book on stellar evolution.
Cosmic 'ghoulish face' photographed by Hubble
Oct 29, 2019Just in time for Halloween, astronomers have captured a spooky visage of literally cosmic proportions.
The center of our galaxy exploded 'recently'
Oct 7, 2019Scientists have discovered that a high-energy flare ripped through the galaxy in the relatively recent past.
Fast radio burst traced back to home galaxy
Jun 28, 2019For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to trace a fast radio burst back to its galaxy of origin.
How much does the Milky Way galaxy weigh ?
VIDEO Mar 11, 2019Astronomers at NASA and ESA have come up with the most precise figure yet for the weight of our galaxy.
The Milky Way galaxy is 'warped and twisted'
VIDEO Feb 6, 2019A new study by a team of scientists in China has revealed that our galaxy is actually buckled at the edges.
Mysterious signals are coming from deep space
Jan 10, 2019Astronomers have picked up a very unusual repeating signal from a distant galaxy and nobody knows what it is.
Galaxy cluster looks like the USS Enterprise
VIDEO Nov 17, 2018NASA has shared an image of a distant galaxy cluster that looks quite a bit like the iconic Star Trek vessel.
'Ghost' galaxy discovered outside Milky Way
Nov 14, 2018Scientists studying data from the Gaia satellite have identified a massive 'ghost' galaxy lurking nearby.
SETI picks up 72 signals from distant galaxy
Sep 11, 2018Astronomers discovered the signals after analyzing 400 terabytes of radio data using an artificial intelligence.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Andromeda killed and ate our galactic sibling
Jul 23, 2018Scientists have discovered that the Milky Way once had a sibling that was consumed by our neighboring galaxy.
Astronomers detect very bright radio emission
VIDEO Jul 11, 2018Originating deep in the universe, the radio blast is from a quasar - the luminous active nucleus of a distant galaxy.
Star map update to feature 1.7 billion stars
Apr 26, 2018Astronomers from ESA's Gaia mission will tomorrow release the largest map of our galaxy ever created.
10,000 black holes found at center of Milky Way
Apr 4, 2018Scientists have discovered an astonishing number of massive black holes hiding within our own galaxy.
'Ghost' galaxy has virtually no dark matter
Mar 31, 2018The discovery raises new questions about the formation of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.
Andromeda is comparable in size to Milky Way
Feb 16, 2018It turns out that our closest neighboring galaxy is not the behemoth that scientists had previously thought it to be.
Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
Feb 8, 2018Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
Huge black holes regulate star formation
Jan 2, 2018Scientists have found the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes control the formation of stars.
ESO astronomers discover 72 new galaxies
VIDEO Nov 30, 2017The new galaxies date back 13 billion years to a time shortly after the formation of the universe.
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