New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several very different evolutionary events. Bursts of star ...
The Milky Way looks serene from our vantage point, a hazy river of light arcing across the night sky. Yet the stars that make ...
Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...
New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal galactic rule—it's just one of many possible evolutionary paths. By recreating ...
An international team of scientists led from the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), with participation from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has used the Gran Telescopio Canarias ...
Astronomers used a telescope to look into the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, in great detail and found a surprising bit of history. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope spied ...
Gaia's data has revolutionized our understanding of the Milky Way's history, providing a three-dimensional map of nearly 2 billion objects, revealing a more violent and dynamic past than previously ...
Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought. When you purchase ...
A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about the origin of such clouds, which ...
Summary of the astrophysical parameters reported in this work, which in combination constrain the assembly and chemical evolution of the Milky Way. Credit: University of Notre Dame University of Notre ...
The Milky Way is home to gas, dust, billions of stars, and a supermassive black hole at its center. Living in this galactic home gives us exclusive insight into its components, but it also hinders our ...
Astronomers recently discovered a never-before-seen celestial phenomenon hiding in our own cosmic backyard. The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way ...