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WEBMilky Way. Stellar Streams Are Revealing Their Secrets. A detailed study of 12 streams of stars swirling in and around the Milky Way will ultimately help shed light on our galaxy's dark matter halo. By: Govert Schilling January 12, 2022
Webb telescope reveals new details in Milky Way’s heart | CNN
WEBNov 20, 2023 — The James Webb Space Telescope has looked into the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, unveiling new features and mysteries within the chaotic region that could help astronomers unravel more details...
ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way
WEB6 days ago — Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our Galaxy over more than 13 years. At 500 terabytes of data, this is the largest observational project ever carried out with an ESO telescope.
NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way
WEBNov 20, 2023 — The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features.
The SAGA saga: Putting the Milky Way’s ‘peculiarities’ into context
WEBThe number of confirmed satellites per system ranged from zero to 13 — compared to four observable satellites for the Milky Way. (The Milky Way has about 60 known satellites, but most are too faint to be seen by the SAGA Survey.) A mosaic of the images of 378 satellites across 101 Milky Way-like systems that the SAGA team has surveyed.
Scientists reveal never-before-seen map of the Milky Way's …
WEBMar 15, 2024 — A new map spanning 500 light-years reveals the interaction between magnetic fields and dust in the Milky Way that will become the building blocks of stars.
Newly discovered star moves fast enough to escape the Milky Way ... - CNN
WEBAug 21, 2024 — An object spotted with help of citizen scientists was moving so fast through the Milky Way that it could escape the gravity of the galaxy and reach intergalactic space, new research has found.
The Magnetic Heart of the Milky Way - The New York Times
WEBApr 19, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. The discovery raises new questions of how such black holes could affect the ...
The black hole at the Milky Way's center has finally ... - Science News
WEBMay 12, 2022 — Explore these discoveries, including the new, first-ever image of the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s core, in the timeline below.
The Milky Way is ‘less weird’ than we thought - Nature
WEBJun 28, 2024 — Peering through the dust and gas that intersperse our Galaxy, astronomers have found that the Milky Way’s core is less dense than originally thought. This resculpting actually makes the Milky...