Milky Way

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Cosmic bombshell may change everything we know about the Milky Way galaxyJune 7, 2024

Milky Way galaxy

Historical News

Milky Way’s mystical role in ancient Egyptian beliefs explained by astrophysicistApril 11, 2024

An artist’s composition of the Milky Way seen through a neutrino lens (blue).

Ghostly Messengers Reveal New Secrets Of The Milky Way GalaxyApril 10, 2024

Left: Long ago, the supernova explosion of the Barbenheimer Star releases an unusual mix of chemical elements into nearby gas clouds Right: Today, we can look at J0931+0038 to see that unusual mix of elements and reconstruct the history of the Barbenheimer Star.

Celestial blockbuster is so unusual astronomers named it ‘Barbenheimer Star’January 19, 2024

Sample shapes of distant galaxies identified by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey

Webb Telescope Makes ‘Delicious’ Discovery: Early Galaxies Looked Like Breadsticks, Not PizzaJanuary 18, 2024

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112, observed in the early universe

Does Earth have a twin? Webb Telescope discovers galaxy similar to Milky WayNovember 10, 2023