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Entire swarm of black holes discovered moving through our galaxy
Feb 22, 2026A cluster of 100 stellar mass black holes is thought to be making its way through the Milky Way.
Is there really a supermassive black hole at our galaxy's core ?
Feb 6, 2026Scientists have put forward an alternative theory for what might lie at the center of the Milky Way.
The Milky Way might not collide with the Andromeda galaxy after all
Jun 3, 2025For years, it was believed that our galaxy was on an inevitable path toward a collision with its nearest neighbor.
Repeat signals from deep space could be alien messages, study claims
Jun 2, 2023Astronomers looking for signs of alien life are listening out for radio pulses originating from the center of the Milky Way.
Milky Way's supermassive black hole seen for the first time
May 12, 2022Astronomers have captured the first ever image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Astronomers may have discovered first known extragalactic planet
Oct 27, 2021Evidence of a planet has been found in a distant galaxy 28 million light years away.
Alien life in our galaxy 'more likely' than thought
Sep 16, 2021Scientists now believe that the odds of finding alien life in the Milky Way are far higher than anyone had realized.
Mystery object is hurtling through the galaxy
Sep 3, 2021Astronomers have obtained their first detailed look at a peculiar Milky Way object known as 'The Accident'.
Huge, blinking star spotted near galactic core
Jun 11, 2021The star, which is 100 times the size of the Sun, underwent an extended period of anomalous dimming.
Ancient galaxy looks surprisingly familiar
VIDEO Aug 13, 2020A 12 billion-year-old galaxy in the distant universe looks uncannily like a miniature version of the Milky Way.
Milky Way may be home to 30 'active' alien civs
Jun 15, 2020A new study has sought to calculate how many intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations might exist in our galaxy.
Mystery radio burst picked up in our own galaxy
May 5, 2020For the first time, astronomers have picked up a fast radio burst within the confines of the Milky Way.
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.
Black hole radio jet 'pointed directly at Earth'
Jan 23, 2019The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way seems to be pointing a radio jet directly towards us.
'Ghost' galaxy discovered outside Milky Way
Nov 14, 2018Scientists studying data from the Gaia satellite have identified a massive 'ghost' galaxy lurking nearby.
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.
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.
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.
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