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'One of the most geometrically perfect': What is this mysterious sphere deep in the Milky Way galaxy?
There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.
Unveiling the birth of star cluster groups in the Milky Way
A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in ...
Our home galaxy: The Milky Way, our home, is a spiral galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light-years. Earth is located along one of the galaxy’s s…
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is a spiral galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light-years. Check out ...
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See the Milky Way dazzle during a lunar eclipse — May’s best science images
Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...
Milky Way will be visible in May, over Memorial Day weekend, across US: When to see our galaxy
The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band ...
17 dazzling images from 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards
Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...
The Milky Way will be most visible until this date in the US - here’s how to see it
Billions of stars that make up the Milky Way are at peak visibility to the naked eye in the US – but not for long. The large ...
How to Watch the Milky Way in the Sky This Month
With summer soon approaching, the Milky Way will become more visible in May, especially as the new moon makes the skies dark.
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This astronaut's incredible photo, taken from space, features in the Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection
The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the eighth edition of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the ...
Milky Way will be visible over Memorial Day weekend. Where to see our galaxy from Ohio
The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025. Here's how to ...
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The Milky Way’s Newest Mystery: X-ray and Radio Flashes Reveal a Hidden Population of Exotic Cosmic Transients
This object is unlike anything we have seen before.” Those were the words that Ziteng Andy Wang of Curtin University used to ...