"We hypothesize that the ring image resulted from errors during EHT's imaging analysis and that part of it was an artifact, ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times ...

The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark, central region (the black hole's shadow) surrounded by a bright ring of light (called the accretion ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed. When you purchase ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history. It did not grow though simple and calm accretion, but rather through the aggressive mergers of multiple smaller galaxies. Recently, a team of ...

Where does the Milky Way reside? We live there and know it got its name from a Greek myth about the goddess Hera who sprayed milk across the sky. Thunder god Zeus placed his son – the infant ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto has found what they believe is the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way galaxy.

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Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy ...

Scientists are racing to find out whether rapid glacial melt could drive a surge in eruptions — and what that means for ...