- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2012
5,500 Space Bubbles Found in Our Galaxy
They were all identified by citizen astronomers working with scientists
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 8th, 2012
Huge Stellar Nursery Seen in the 30 Doradus Nebula
The image was captured using NASA's flagship telescope
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 28th, 2012
Invisible Galaxies Orbit the Milky Way
Scientists are only now beginning to discover evidence pointing at this conclusion
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 24th, 2012
Runaway Exoplanets May Permeate the Milky Way
Astronomers have focused very little on these objects up until now
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 24th, 2012
New Black Hole Confirmed in Andromeda Galaxy
The object was first detected less than 3 years ago
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 21st, 2012
Detecting a Primordial Black Hole As It Collides with a Star
New source of the elusive stuff discovered in theoretical study
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 16th, 2012
Eta Carinae Caused Colder Explosion Than First Thought
Even though the star was one of the largest ever discovered in the galaxy
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2012
Trillions of Asteroids Orbit Milky Way's Black Hole
They are the source of X-ray flares Chandra is seeing on the dark behemoth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
Our Galactic Black Hole Is Gobbling Up Asteroids
This may help explain why it occasionally flares up
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 7th, 2012
Discovering Milky Way's Lost Satellites
Thousands of dark matter clouds should orbit the galaxy
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 6th, 2012
Galactic Magnetic Field Mapped in Detail
The study was conducted by an international team of astronomers
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 4th, 2012
Milky Way's Twin Revealed by Hubble
The spiral galaxy reveals some impressive features
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 1st, 2012
Galactic Wind Made of Different Chemicals than the Solar System
The conclusion belongs to a new study conducted by the IBEX probe
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 19th, 2012
Milky Way Band and South African Lightning Seen from Above
The latest video from the ISS Expedition 30 is remarkable
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 16th, 2012
Our Galaxy Is White
Establishing its actual color was a very difficult task
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 16th, 2012
Galaxy NGC 253 Reveals Supermassive Black Hole at Its Core
The object is similar to the Milky Way's own Sagittarius A*
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 12th, 2012
Most Stars Have Planets in Orbit
Exoplanets are apparently the norm, not the exception, in the Milky Way