The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun an epic decade-long mission to create "the greatest cosmic movie ever made." Here's what to know.
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Milky Way’s galactic immigrant: How ten students found a nearly pristine extragalactic star
Desktop archival research leads to field discovery The discovery originated during an observational astrophysics course ...
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ...
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NASA’s most powerful X-ray telescope reveals Milky Way may stretch farther than previously known
A team of astronomers has discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch further out into space than was ...
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The Milky Way's outer arms are 10 percent farther away than we thought, so our galaxy just grew a bit
It is difficult to estimate the size and structure of our galaxy. The problem is that we are in it, hence we don't have any ...
Every year, the Capture the Atlas Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest brings together some of the most striking night sky images from photographers all over the world. Curated by photographer ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?
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