• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 15th, 2009
ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

The feature has required a painstaking effort

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 2nd, 2009
Milky Way Look-Alike Identified Nearby

Milky Way Look-Alike Identified Nearby

NGC 4945 is also a massive, spiral galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 3rd, 2009
Milky Way's Mysterious Radiations Not Caused by Dark Matter

Milky Way's Mysterious Radiations Not Caused by Dark Matter

Integral data have been used to reach this conclusion

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 10th, 2009
Astronomers Resolve Milky Way's 'Dark Matter' Mystery

Astronomers Resolve Milky Way's 'Dark Matter' Mystery

The distribution of certain gamma-rays in the galaxy is peculiar

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 3rd, 2009
ESO Creates Mind-Boggling Map of the Galaxy

ESO Creates Mind-Boggling Map of the Galaxy

It's the most detailed reference to date

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 1st, 2009
Early Galaxies Were Destroyed by Immense Heat

Early Galaxies Were Destroyed by Immense Heat

They couldn't develop on account of extreme temperatures

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 11th, 2009
Brutal Galactic Core Reveals 'Infant' Stars

Brutal Galactic Core Reveals 'Infant' Stars

They have been found by the Spitzer Telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 10th, 2009
Ultracold Stars Have Peculiar Orbits Around Milky Way

Ultracold Stars Have Peculiar Orbits Around Milky Way

Some may even come from other galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2009
Giant Messier 87 Reveals Its True Size

Giant Messier 87 Reveals Its True Size

Mysterious forces act on the galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2009
Hundreds of Black Holes May 'Lurk' in the Milky Way

Hundreds of Black Holes May 'Lurk' in the Milky Way

They may have been left behind after the Big Bang

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 23rd, 2009
Experts Design Mathematical Model to View Supernova Remnant

Experts Design Mathematical Model to View Supernova Remnant

They need to compensate for distortions caused by dust

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 8th, 2009
Infrared Wavelengths Make Galaxies Look Bigger

Infrared Wavelengths Make Galaxies Look Bigger

Even those close by

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2009
Dark Energy Will Reshape the Universe

Dark Energy Will Reshape the Universe

Future astronomers won't see other galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 23rd, 2009
Milky Way Recovering from Ancient Collision

Milky Way Recovering from Ancient Collision

The intergalactic “accident” is 2 billion years old

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 5th, 2009
Earliest Galaxies Host Massive 'Starbursts'

Earliest Galaxies Host Massive 'Starbursts'

They formed very soon after the Big Bang

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 22nd, 2009
Dark Matter Helps Galaxies Become Stellar 'Nurseries'

Dark Matter Helps Galaxies Become Stellar 'Nurseries'

The conclusion has been dictated by a new computer model

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 13th, 2009
Supernovas Can 'Starve' Black Holes to Death

Supernovas Can 'Starve' Black Holes to Death

Exploding stars or supernovas prevent black holes from eating

 
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