The Milky Way is located at the intersection of the red, blue and green arrows. Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter ...

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This summer, a dead star in a nearby galaxy flared back to life in an abnormally brilliant but brief nova, providing ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark, central region (the black hole's shadow) surrounded by a bright ring of light (called the accretion ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history. It did not grow though simple and calm accretion, but rather through the aggressive mergers of multiple smaller galaxies. Recently, a team of ...

Related: New view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way hints at an exciting hidden feature (image) "No telescope can capture an astronomical image perfectly," Makoto Miyoshi of ...

Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics, an arts degree with majors in English Literature and History and Philosophy of Science and a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication.

For the first time, the James Webb Telescope may have identified brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way, providing new insights.

blue is Laniākea and red is the Sloan Great Wall). The Milky Way is located at the intersection of the red, blue and green ...