How astronomers make deep maps of the Milky Way
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...
NASA Gears Up for Weekend Launch Carrying Missions to Study the Milky Way and Sun
A SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, is scheduled to lift off on Sunday at 10:09 p.m. ET.
Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way
Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...
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'Dark matter is more valuable than gold': Wobbly galaxies help shine a light on the universe's strangest stuff
"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...
Dark skies across America are rapidly disappearing. Nevada is fighting to maintain theirs
Nevada is one of very few places left in the country where there is so little artificial light the Milky Way is visible to ...
NASA’s new telescope will reveal the most colorful map of the universe
NASA is set to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope that will create the most precise and colorful map of the universe.
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‘Fluffy’ molecular clouds may change our understanding of star formation
New evidence suggests that conditions in the early universe may have shaped star formation in surprising ways.
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope to explore what happened right after the Big Bang
NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after ...
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A new way to measure where the Milky Way’s dark matter is
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...