The image above shows an annotated map of the Milky Way, based on recent distance measurements to distant stars located within dense and massive components of the galaxy. Although it has long been known that […]
When describing those constellations that can be seen along the Milky Way, it is important to realize that we are referring to those constellations that can be seen by Earthbound observers looking in the direction […]
1: All Naked-Eye Stars Contained in Milky Way It isn’t that long ago that we used to think of the stars as light leaks in a black curtain, just a little further than we could […]
For the first time ever an Earth-sized planet has been discovered orbiting the habitable zone of a sun within our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers are also claiming that there exists a high probability it […]
Astronomers using Chile’s array of radio telescopes known as ALMA, have observed tell-tale signs of stars forming closer to the black hole located 27,000 light-years away at our Galactic Centre, than ever seen before. Surrounding […]
The word galaxy is derived from the Greek word meaning “milky” and is used to describe a large island of stars in space which are held together by their mutual gravity and dark matter. Our […]
Astronomy professor Doug Finkbeiner, at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, speculated recently that the 25,000 light-year long gamma rays emissions north and south of the Milky Way’s core might in fact be caused by an […]
Researchers at Ohio State University have recently concluded that around 15 percent of all stars in our galaxy could host solar systems. Our galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars, so […]
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