• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 8th, 2010
WISE Snaps Image of 'Leggy' Galactic Creature

WISE Snaps Image of 'Leggy' Galactic Creature

The formation is 'hiding' behind the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 17th, 2010
Milky Way's Enormous Gas Filaments Revealed

Milky Way's Enormous Gas Filaments Revealed

Studies were carried out using the Planck telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 4th, 2010
Our Galaxy Proves to Be a 'Cannibal'

Our Galaxy Proves to Be a 'Cannibal'

New studies confirm older hypothesis

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 1st, 2010
We May Never Hear from Aliens

We May Never Hear from Aliens

Though the galaxy could be teeming with them

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 23rd, 2010
Many Stars in the Milky Way Are 'Alien'

Many Stars in the Milky Way Are 'Alien'

They migrated here from elsewhere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 17th, 2010
Primitive Stars Near Our Galaxy Found

Primitive Stars Near Our Galaxy Found

By a new ESO study

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 11th, 2010
Milky Way Map Produced by Home Computers

Milky Way Map Produced by Home Computers

Tens of thousands are involved in the project

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 22nd, 2010
Galaxy Has Two 'Tails'

Galaxy Has Two 'Tails'

Star-producing ones nonetheless

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2010
ESO Images Amazing 'Cat's Paw' Nebula

ESO Images Amazing 'Cat's Paw' Nebula

It is a stellar nursery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 14th, 2010
Why the Earth-Sun Distance Is Changing

Why the Earth-Sun Distance Is Changing

Dark matter used as possible explanation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 11th, 2010
Larger Galaxies Continuously Feed on Smaller Ones

Larger Galaxies Continuously Feed on Smaller Ones

Even Andromeda has been proven to do so

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 7th, 2010
Milky Way's Core Is Highly Magnetic

Milky Way's Core Is Highly Magnetic

Much more so than the outer rims

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 7th, 2010
The Galactic Dark Matter Halo Is Shaped Like a Ball

The Galactic Dark Matter Halo Is Shaped Like a Ball

A rather flattened one, astronomers say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2010
Black Holes' 'Diets' Exposed

Black Holes' 'Diets' Exposed

Why some of them are starving

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2010
15 Percent of Milky Way Stars Have Solar Systems

15 Percent of Milky Way Stars Have Solar Systems

New statistics yield this promising result

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 5th, 2010
Magellanic Stream Larger and Older than Thought

Magellanic Stream Larger and Older than Thought

It flows past the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2009
How Galactic Tides Influenced Early Life

How Galactic Tides Influenced Early Life

They might have played an important part in our existence

 
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